Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, further to my statements and questions in the House over the last number of days, let me make it clear that I believe very strongly that all things associated with resource development in the NWT, we, the residents and businesses of the NWT, have to be the primary beneficiaries of the economic spin-off of the projects.

Mr. Speaker, I have been a strong supporter of the pipeline project from the beginning. I support even more the idea that we must maximize the benefits from that. I have to tell you, on that score, this government's record is downright pitiful so far, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, the Aboriginal Pipeline Group has figured out how to do this. They got a third equity partnership out of the deal, and they are looking for more joint venture projects. The 22 communities in the NWT know how to do this. They got $500 million out of the federal government. The rest of us look at this government and ask, what are you doing for us lately? The answer is the government sent a comfort letter to Imperial Oil, and they are about to send a large proportion of a $297 million housing deal to a company in Calgary. Through a one near paragraph in the budget, it has declared to the world that this government does not believe that we can build our own housing in the North and the government would not even look at the possibilities. It says, very clearly, that it does not have the vision or foresight to get a plan that would keep the spin-off from the $297 million housing project to stay in the North.

Mr. Speaker, I don't believe it would go very well if Premier Klein got a deal with a business in Ottawa or Ontario to provide housing for its oil projects without looking locally first. I tell you, it is not right for this government to not even try north before it becomes the major lobbying agent through the budget for one product, for one company from Calgary, to lobbying out on.

Mr. Speaker, I must insist that this government needs to do better and do it now. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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