Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to again thank the Minister for his response. I would like to know if it's in the government's future to support this industry and if it is, why are they saying today maybe we will bring in some stronger measures to deal with the producers after we've lost millions of dollars? I would like to know why today it's a concern, when unfortunately in the '90s I know there was a former Finance Minister who stood up in the House in 1997 and said they would bring in a tax to choke a mule before BHP went into production. Maybe the government in the 1990s didn't go far enough, Mr. Speaker. We've already lost millions and millions of dollars and I would like to suggest that the Finance Minister and this government take a firm stance, so that we don't lose any more money and that we can support the secondary industry that we have spent a tremendous amount of money on in the Northwest Territories, Mr. Speaker.
I would like to ask the Minister of RWED a question, Mr. Speaker. What is currently stopping this government from going back to the producers and saying we have this agreement with BHP for 10 percent and we have an understanding with Rio for 10 percent? I don't know if it's quite 10 percent, but to supply rough. We set up a diamond agency, secretariat, or whatever, and we get the 10 percent. Then we set up an exchange here in the Northwest Territories. What's stopping the government from doing something like that, from going back to the producers and supporting the secondary industry? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.