Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to follow up from my Member’s statement on Friday, which was on the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Infrastructure’s tabled document on responsible extraction, wherein the Pembina Institute reviewed the Industry Panel Report on Pathways to Mineral Development. I’d
like to note right off that the panel public consultation effort was about a third of what was funded, unlike the economic development opportunities report which was its full budget and did a comprehensive consultation.
To focus on subsidies today, could the Minister please explain how this government calculates how much we should subsidize industry to set up a mine in the NWT compared to the benefits we get back? Is the Minister suggesting we pay them double what they pay back or should it be triple? Thank you.