Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the area of agriculture has a tremendous potential in the Northwest Territories. Sometimes people don’t think it does and I’m not sure why, because actually we’ve gone backwards in the area of agriculture. Many
years ago a lot of the produce that was grown around Fort Simpson, Fort Providence, Hay River was actually shipped down the Mackenzie to a lot of other communities and it was quite a thriving activity and endeavour. Many years ago, and it seems like we’ve gone backwards since then. I’m not sure why, but I can’t really say there’s been a tremendous amount of support for this industry from this government. I don’t understand why, because the potential is there; the people who are interested in it are there. We have been trying to get an agriculture policy from this government for the past 12 years. The first request came in 1995. I’d like to ask the new Minister for ITI if he can see any reason why we should not be able to develop and adopt a comprehensive agriculture policy for the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.