Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not sure where the Premier is going with this, but I just want to make it clear when we are talking about a $600 to $800 million project in one region as opposed to a $10 billion project here in the NWT, I think the impacts...There is a big difference in how the impact is going to be. The diamond mines don't impact the whole NWT in their development, construction and operation, but the Mackenzie gas project is going through five regions and 1,200 kilometres, Mr. Speaker. We aren't talking about just a diamond mine here. The ripple effect of the Mackenzie gas project is going to be felt right through to Nunavut, I am sure. We don't have any contingency funding for the small communities which people are going to be moving to, living and working and maybe have a social impact there. What do those communities have and what can this government offer to those communities to mitigate those effects? Thank you.
Robert Villeneuve on Question 466-15(5): Mackenzie Gas Project Socio-economic Impact Funding
In the Legislative Assembly on March 9th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 466-15(5): Mackenzie Gas Project Socio-economic Impact Funding
Question 466-15(5): Mackenzie Gas Project Socio-economic Impact Funding
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 8th, 2007
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