Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the first thing is for us is to see if there is a possibility of getting another deal through our receiver to take care of the Sirius operation, that facility, and see if we can keep it as a going concern. Secondly, as I stated publicly, as a government, we are going to have to review what options we have to try to strengthen our position with the dealings we have with the mining companies. In some cases, we may have better agreements in place. But for this specific one, unfortunately, from the FMBS side, our involvement through the receiver trying to encourage a deal and trying to find out where things are was very limited, as we entered into a very formal process through the courts. So that limits what we can do. I am aware that the Minister of RWED, through his shop, was also monitoring what was going on. It is something that we, as a government, are going to have to look at if we are going to truly encourage the secondary industry from not only a mining operation, but any development of non-renewable resources in the Northwest Territories.
Floyd Roland on Question 349-15(3): Agreements For Supply Of Rough Diamonds
In the Legislative Assembly on February 9th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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Question 349-15(3): Agreements For Supply Of Rough Diamonds
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