Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would argue that what is good for this pipeline project and sees this pipeline project go ahead, eventually will be good for the Northwest Territories. It makes little sense for us to sit down with these three parties and argue for infrastructure contributions that have no bearing on whether or not this pipeline goes ahead. There's a place for that and those are in discussions between our government and the federal government. There are a number of logical areas and we do that continually. However, if we're talking about what can make this pipeline a reality, we need to understand from the project proponents where the project needs the most help, and that's the approach that we've undertaken. We have, for some time, the Premier, Minister of Finance, myself, have been advocating for and lobbying for support to the APG. Those loan guarantees can bring down the cost of borrowing for the APG. They're going to need some help. Obviously as the price of this project goes up, it's going to mean they have to come to the table with more money. We've been working and focussing our efforts there primarily, but obviously we're encouraged with the indication from Imperial that infrastructure contributions in the North would be an area that would really help them. We think that has the federal government's attention and we will start to focus there as we see more detail. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Question 57-15(6): Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Legacy Infrastructure Projects
In the Legislative Assembly on May 11th, 2007. See this statement in context.
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Question 57-15(6): Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Legacy Infrastructure Projects
Item 7: Oral Questions
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