Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker I do agree with the Premier. I think resource revenue sharing and having our own say in how we develop sources in the Northwest Territories will get us to where we need to go. In the meantime, until such an agreement is in place, I wonder if the Premier and his government can go back to Ottawa on behalf of communities like Yellowknife, like Hay River, like Fort Smith, and get some socio-economic funding for them. I am not talking about the $500 million. I have said it before and I will say it again, that money should go to the communities. I agree with that. What we need is a different pot of money, Mr. Speaker, that is going to give communities, like Yellowknife, Hay River and Fort Smith, an opportunity to have some assurance the impacts they are going to face are going to be dealt with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
David Ramsay on Question 419-15(4): Mackenzie Gas Project Socio-economic Funding
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 419-15(4): Mackenzie Gas Project Socio-economic Funding
Question 419-15(4): Mackenzie Gas Project Socio-economic Funding
Item 7: Oral Questions
February 15th, 2006
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