Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One of the things we did when we talked about how to approach this oversight committee was to go to industry representatives and look for associations that would represent those industries. It would have been difficult for us, I would suggest to you, to go and pick one airline and decide that we were going to ask them to have a representative. Instead we went to the Northern Air Transport Association and they found us somebody from the airline. We've done likewise in tourism. We found somebody in northern arts and crafts who has sat on a number of boards and could provide some objective input. We were looking to keep commercial interest for the most part to a minimum on this oversight committee and to involve individual businesses in these forums. So that's what we're going to do with aurora tourism. It would have been difficult to pick a representative from one of the organizations in the Northwest Territories and at the risk of excluding others. So this was considered the most appropriate approach, and I assure the Member that we're interested in their input and we'll convene these forums and look forward to their very valuable input. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 402-15(3): GNWT Commitment To Aurora Tourism
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 402-15(3): GNWT Commitment To Aurora Tourism
Question 402-15(3): GNWT Commitment To Aurora Tourism
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