Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions this morning are for Mr. Bell, the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, regarding the secondary diamond industry. Mr. Speaker, it is estimated that the cutting and polishing industry in Yellowknife supplies about 150 jobs to the community and a number of them are to constituents of my riding. We identified considerable growth potential in this industry, but our Minister has been putting out some signals in the last few months that really cause us to question whether or not our policies and objectives for this industry are consistent with the high hopes and the programs that we've set in place.

Mr. Speaker, we almost let go of some very hard-fought and expensive property of ours in the form of trademarks to protect and promote our product. We disbanded the unit of our government that was charged with implementing our policy and we bailed out on our commitment to the National Diamond Strategy.

Mr. Speaker, has this government abandoned its support for the secondary diamond industry? Thank you.