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.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 309-15(5): Programs To Encourage Northern Residency Of Resource Sector Employees
In the Legislative Assembly on February 14th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 309-15(5): Programs To Encourage Northern Residency Of Resource Sector Employees
Question 309-15(5): Programs To Encourage Northern Residency Of Resource Sector Employees
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 13th, 2007
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