Again, what are the real benefits we’re getting? I’m not questioning that we’re getting some benefits here, but we need to weigh those benefits against the cost. I see the costs accelerating faster than the benefits: 500 homeless women in the city of Yellowknife. This didn’t happen a number of years ago, for example, before the diamond development.
I’d like to know what this Premier is going to do to get a real grasp on benefits and costs and to develop local economies. What is the Premier going to do, Mr. Speaker, to develop local economies in ways that truly benefit our residents and not necessarily the large corporations that are funnelling our resources out as fast as they can at the maximum rate possible with minimum benefit to the Northerners?