Mr. Speaker, a key factor at start-up of the secondary diamond industry, and I believe in the sustainability of it, is the deals that are in place with the suppliers. We have three of the world's greatest miners exploiting our resource here, doing the best we can to get some value out of it. Now the socio-economic agreements that we've signed have been singled out quite often, Mr. Speaker, for the weaknesses that they have in compelling the mines to do deals that are attractive to cutting and polishing, not just the ones that we have here now, Mr. Speaker, but we should really be looking at what can we do to grow this industry. Are we going to revisit these deals, Mr. Speaker, to help us move forward and grow and enhance this industry? Thank you.
Bill Braden on Question 25-15(5): Future Of Secondary Diamond Industry
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 25-15(5): Future Of Secondary Diamond Industry
Question 25-15(5): Future Of Secondary Diamond Industry
Item 7: Oral Questions
May 31st, 2006
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