Thank you, Madam Speaker. It's a very comprehensive and broad response required to that difficult question. It is a priority of the government to start to address the cost of living in the North, and it's one that cuts across many departments and many aspects of life in the North. Obviously we need to make more land available for housing developments. We need to pursue opportunities like hydro to make sure that the cost of electricity across the North isn't so onerous. There are many things that we need to do. We need to focus as a government on a number of these issues, but there is no denying that in an overheated economy, wage inflation pressures drive the cost, because it's very competitive, of labour up. It's more and more expensive for those who provide services to employ people to carry out those services. So the effect is one of compounding the problem. I suppose many people would say it's a good problem to have because the economy is so hot, but we do know there are issues we need to be able to address. I don't think government can do it on its own, Madam Speaker, but we certainly can play a significant role. That is part of our priority and strategy as a government. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 32-15(4): Impact Of New Diavik Travel Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on May 27th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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Question 32-15(4): Impact Of New Diavik Travel Policy
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May 26th, 2005
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