Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are a lot of different reasons why our population is dropping. We haven't seen the analysis from Stats Canada, but I understand it's something like we have 700 people less than we had at the last census. Part of it is people having smaller families. Part of it, Mr. Speaker, has to do with cost of living. Those are issues we have to deal with as well. Some of that is availability of land and that's another issue we are dealing with. Mr. Speaker, there are a lot of reasons why. There are a number of initiatives our departments are undertaking to keep the cost of living within reason, assuming that is one of the main reasons why people are choosing to live outside of the Territories in many cases and rotate back and forth.
Joe Handley on Question 108-15(5): Economic Development And Migrant Workers
In the Legislative Assembly on October 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.
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Item 6: Oral Questions
October 16th, 2006
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