It’s a sad statistic that the Northwest Territories is the only jurisdiction in Canada that saw their population decrease in the last census. We have no control over the ability to bring people to work in the Northwest Territories who come from foreign countries, because that is a federal jurisdiction that we’d have no control over whatsoever. I appreciate the fact that the Minister would use his influence at the FBT or with the federal government to make sure that we, as the NWT employers in the private and public sector,
are not going to be detrimentally affected by this situation. This situation has existed for quite some time now. I have colleagues in this Legislature who can also share stories of their constituents who have had this same experience. How long is this going to be allowed to carry on? We can have all the expensive campaigns to promote coming to live in the Northwest Territories that you want, but when you have one person sitting in a position that’s responsible for all immigration applications to the Northwest Territories who’s anti-immigration what’s the Minister going to do about it and when is he going to do it?