Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We talk about the context or the frame in which negotiations were undertaken with DeBeers in this matter, in developing our socioeconomic agreement. I would say that we took our guidance from past SEA agreements with BHP and with Rio Tinto, and further to that, Mr. Speaker, followed the direction as laid out in the EA process by the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board. That EA process provided the frame of reference, and laid out a number of obligations that had to be met both by the company, by DeBeers, and by our government. So we've used that as our context or frame for developing the socioeconomic agreement. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 144-15(3): Potential Impacts Of Resource Development In The Mackenzie Valley
In the Legislative Assembly on May 27th, 2004. See this statement in context.
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Question 144-15(3): Potential Impacts Of Resource Development In The Mackenzie Valley
Item 7: Oral Questions
May 26th, 2004
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