Thank you, Mr. Speaker. They are onside with that principle. As the Member knows, they made a number of commitments in this regard through the environmental process. I can assure the Member that those commitments are going to be lived up to and the CEAA will speak to that and does speak to that. The other point I would make is that I don't believe the De Beers board has made a final construction decision on the Snap Lake mine yet. We hope that's to come in the coming months and I think that will be a very significant event when and if we have that behind us. I assume that we will; I'm looking forward to that. De Beers is very interested in being involved in the Northwest Territories and in supporting this industry. I'm looking forward to their participation. I don't want to get into the details because they have been agreed upon in confidence and obviously there are issues that are very sensitive for De Beers in terms of the business being very competitive and I don't want to divulge any of that. I can assure the Member that they are very serious and very interested in being involved in this industry in the North and will be supporting the industry. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 263-15(3): Sustainability Of The Diamond Industry
In the Legislative Assembly on October 20th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 263-15(3): Sustainability Of The Diamond Industry
Question 263-15(3): Sustainability Of The Diamond Industry
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 19th, 2004
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