Thanks for those comments from the Minister. What caught my ear was that these have always been part of the discussions. Obviously, you know, we could wait till the cows come home until we get some response from the federal government here. It’s a very difficult situation, I’m the first to admit.
By “special dispensation” I’m saying these are windfall profits that are accruing right now. One comment, Mr. Speaker: the federal government is pursuing the oil companies, because of their
windfall profits, to try and recover some of those. This is the perfect opportunity.
Will the Minister really go after a special dispensation from the federal government, using their own reasoning, to recover some of these windfall profits, these gross amounts of money from our resources, and put them to special issues such as cost of living and climate change that are also national issues? It would help address national and territorial as well as local issues.