Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The honourable Minister responsible for Industry, Tourism and Investment, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think there's a lot of merit in doing what the Member is proposing and, in fact, at the Canada Winter Games we will be rolling out this Pan-Northern Strategy, the three territories, to talk about not only promoting the North in southern Canada as a tourist destination, a tourist attraction, but also in terms of business and employment opportunities. We've had some discussions, the other Ministers and myself, about how we carry this strategy forward, how we move it along. There's a lot of legacy potential here in the work that we're doing, and it makes sense for us to continue to pursue this course. So I'm open to suggestions about how we best do that. I think, and the Member made the point, that we certainly do need to do a better job of linking what we're doing in this overall Pan-Northern Strategy and bringing it right down to working with communities who, in effect, will be the deciding factor as to whether or not people are coming north for these employment opportunities. So a very good suggestion. I'd like to take the Member up on that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, at the present time, we do have quite a few people residing in Hay River who do work at the mines and we would like to see that number increase. What we need is a point of contact or, again, like I said, some kind of a vehicle to ensure that we can attempt to sell our communities. We're not asking the government to do this. We need to take that responsibility ourselves, to try and promote things like the cost of living and the amenities that are available in our communities. Yellowknife can do the same thing, but I'm speaking of Hay River specifically now. But when a person gets hired on by a diamond mine and they live in southern Canada, I don't have any sense right now of whether there is a package they're given, if there's information, exactly what they are provided with that would give them pause to think about residing in the Northwest Territories. I know we don't have a diamond secretariat, but we need some point of contact. We need to organize this. Does the Minister have any suggestions in that area? Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Final supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you. We in Hay River would like to know how we could plug into that kind of a campaign. The program that the Minister referred to earlier is kind of a "come to the Northwest Territories," it's more general. But I think communities should also have an opportunity to do a very community-focussed, specific pitch to promote their community, and right now I don't believe there are any funds available for such a campaign. I think it would be money well spent, and I would ask the Minister if he would consider working with us to try and perhaps locate a program that would facilitate that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Bell.

Yes, Mr. Speaker, I think that makes a lot of sense and I would like to come to committee and talk about what might be done as we go forward in the business plans. I'm thinking now currently about our efforts. I will make sure that our website, these pan-northern websites and the links to the Northwest Territories also contain links to our communities. I think that's vital. We can't have a disconnect between this broader marketing strategy and then the actual information that people need to make decisions about where their families will live, and where they'll go to school, and what kinds of jobs and employment would be waiting for them. So that's a very good suggestion. I think we could pursue this further with committee and talk about what we do going forward. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Bell. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.