Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with the ongoing exploration and the pipeline preparation work, we are seeing more and more joint ventures between northern and southern businesses. Many people in my region are concerned that our people are not receiving meaningful participation benefits in these joint ventures. Because of this concern, there is no regional strategy in place to look at the type of guidelines these joint ventures are all about and sometimes we don't know what a genuine Sahtu business is and sometimes we're even competing against ourselves. So my question today is for the Minister of RWED. Will the Government of the Northwest Territories consider funding a regional workshop or business conference for the Sahtu to discuss this experience to date and the possibility of developing a strategic work plan for joint ventures and other business opportunities? Thank you.
Norman Yakeleya on Question 346-15(3): Strategy Workshop On Pipeline Development
In the Legislative Assembly on February 9th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Question 346-15(3): Strategy Workshop On Pipeline Development
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 8th, 2005
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