Thank you, Madam Chair. Again, it's difficult to get into a debate about what may happen in the future, but business by business we would look at the viability of an operation. I don't believe by treating this one as such there may be some expectation by companies but not on behalf of government. We'd have to look at the whole business. If we started having the other businesses that have set up begin to fail in a row, then we would have to re-look at the whole situation as a government. If it can't stand and if more businesses than one can't stand on its own, then I think that really draws the question of whether it makes sense to then continue to try to prop up industry that doesn't have the possibility of growing and becoming stable on its own. So right now it is one business, there are three others out there. Two of them have guarantees with our government and one is standing on its own, it is set up on its own and operating here in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Committee Motion 2-14(5): Options For Measures To Stabilize Power Subsidy Costs, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on March 22nd, 2004. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 2-14(5): Options For Measures To Stabilize Power Subsidy Costs, Carried
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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