Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Minister is right; we have to pursue an incentive and an attractive environment to work and live in, but I will go back to what I started with. The North has had such a history of fly-in/fly-out resource development and we have worked so hard to counter that. The agreements that we put in place under considerable pressure, Madam Speaker, to get the diamond companies to comply with our desire to leave some of the product here so we could work on it is one example of how we have worked so hard to make this happen. The concerns I raise about workers now potentially making these kinds of choices is a signal that we have to do as much as we can to make this an attractive environment. So I would come back and ask the Minister what steps he is taking with Diavik to constructively reverse the opportunity they've made, and not just wait for another two years before this agreement comes up. What steps are we taking right now to help Diavik attract and keep workers living in the North? Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Bill Braden on Question 32-15(4): Impact Of New Diavik Travel Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on May 27th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 32-15(4): Impact Of New Diavik Travel Policy
Question 32-15(4): Impact Of New Diavik Travel Policy
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 26th, 2005
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