Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions this afternoon are for Mr. Bell, the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, about the future of our secondary diamond industry. Mr. Speaker, the decision by the department last fall to collapse the diamond project division sent a confusing and a disappointing signal to my constituents in this community that our government had

abandoned its commitment to this emerging new industry and leaves us, Mr. Speaker, without a team whose job it was to lead our government's initiatives, protect our investments, help these companies and grow this industry. I felt abandoned myself, Mr. Speaker, after so many efforts that I've made, along with my colleagues in this Assembly, to foster this initiative. Now, Mr. Speaker, the question that I want to ask is, in light of these decisions and all the work that has been done that had been undertaken in the past, does this government still believe there's a future in the NWT for a secondary diamond industry? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.