Resource development works quickly and it is difficult for small businesses to keep up in order to take advantage of the opportunities. Other sectors such as renewable resources and tourism also need help so we can diversify our economy. Unfortunately, the payoff has been slow in coming. Other than $150,000 for five projects that was announced in March of 2005 and last November's announcement of $2 million for geoscience activities, we have heard very little about how this fund is being used. By now, two years after the original announcement, I would have expected a lot more. Why wasn't this fund tapped into more and sooner? Where has the money gone? Is it still a sure thing with the change of the federal government? Have we been signed off? Mr. Speaker, I hope this is not like the case of the old lady who went down in the Titanic taking her jewels with her to the bottom of the ocean. If we don't hear anything soon, this government might have some luck in hiring some divers to search the bottom of this mysterious lake, because those jewels are desperately needed in the NWT today. Mahsi cho.
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