Mr. Speaker, we speak continually about these issues. We do, though, have unique pressures here. Obviously with the diamond mining industry and burgeoning oil and gas industry we've got some pressures that the Yukon and Nunavut aren't facing currently. I think they will be in the future. They have tremendous economic potential and I think they will be able to realize that. Broader than that, we have discussions about these issues at western Energy Ministers, western Canada facing some of the same challenges, although given they have more capacity than we do to deal with some of these issues. But a very hot labour market right across western Canada, industries are poaching people from each other. It's unsettling, it's expensive and certainly a difficult way to deal with this issue, Mr. Speaker. So yes, it's of great concern to us as a government, to the people of the Northwest Territories. The commitment that I can make here is that we will certainly bring forward this discussion paper to committee and have some discussion about the potential solutions and possibilities that we might pursue. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 240-15(5): Negative Impacts Of Migrant Workers
In the Legislative Assembly on November 1st, 2006. See this statement in context.
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Question 240-15(5): Negative Impacts Of Migrant Workers
Item 6: Oral Questions
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