Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Finance. I will pick up where my statement left off. I would like to ask some questions today on where the disconnect is between the producers, the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Leviev Group. All I see, Mr. Speaker, is the fact that the government is going to be on the hook for millions of dollars and we don't really have any answers, Mr. Speaker. I know there have been media reports indicating that the Leviev Group didn't meet the commercial criteria for one of our producers and was also asking for too much from the other producer, Mr. Speaker. I wonder what the Finance Minister might be able to tell us about why they didn't meet the commercial criteria, what he knows about the criteria, that supposedly the world's largest diamond manufacturer didn't meet this criteria. I find that really hard to believe, Mr. Speaker. I would like the Finance Minister to try to answer those questions. Thank you.
David Ramsay on Question 366-15(3): Unsuccessful Purchase Of Diamond Plant
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 366-15(3): Unsuccessful Purchase Of Diamond Plant
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 10th, 2005
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