Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to address my questions to Premier Handley. This is in respect of communication with proponents of the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline. Mr. Speaker, we have been seeking a fair share of our resource royalties for years in the NWT. There was a golden opportunity to really get somewhere; that is to bargain with the gas producers' need for certainty on tax and royalty regimes, to translate that into certainty for our own need here in the NWT for fiscal fairness from Ottawa. Mr. Speaker, why didn't the Premier and the Finance Minister stand up and fight for the future of northerners, instead of giving into the demands of the gas producers and the pipeline companies? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Bill Braden on Question 313-15(4): GNWT's 'letter Of Comfort' To Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Producers
In the Legislative Assembly on February 1st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Question 313-15(4): GNWT's 'letter Of Comfort' To Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Producers
Item 6: Oral Questions
January 31st, 2006
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