Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll send a copy of the letter to the Member that I sent to the Governance and Economic Development committee about that reorganization. Mr. Speaker, my concern is the suggestion that we've abandoned the National Diamond Strategy and a characterization that this was something that was supported by the secondary industry. In my consultations with all of the factory operators, they suggested to me that we needed to move on, move past this and refocus our efforts. In fact, when the issue came up in the House the last time around, I met with them again to ask if potentially they had changed their minds, because there seemed to be an advocacy for this National Diamond Strategy. They said no. We haven't met with the Members asking the questions about the NDS. We still don't support it. We are happy you did that. They continue to suggest to me that they applaud the move to move away from the National Diamond Strategy, which they didn't find very useful. So if there is some miscommunication here, if the Member is hearing something different, maybe he would like to indicate which of the factories is in support of the National Diamond Strategy and thinks it was a mistake. The mines that I am talking to are telling me different. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 29-15(5): Future Of Secondary Diamond Industry
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 2006. See this statement in context.
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