Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I wanted to talk about a dream that I always had, and one day that dream will become a reality. That dream is the idea of a potato farm. We can make it happen. I’d like to pose a question to the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment.
I want to know how responsive the Minister and this Cabinet and this government is to people out in the communities, because when you travel into the communities, people know some of the solutions to the problems that we face and the challenges that we have to meet every day that we live in communities.
The potato, of course, people know of the history of the people that came up North, and they grew their own gardens. One of the durable products that I’ve come to know is the potato. We have the right soil. In Fort Providence it’s a durable staple. Plus, at the same time, we’re situated right in the hub of the transportation where we have the river system and we have the highway system. It wouldn’t take much if there was an idea of planting an area of potatoes and building a processing facility to sell and market them and lessen the cost of living.
The question that I have is for the Minister of ITI. Does the Minister agree that this is a good idea and can be done and that this will probably curb the cost of goods in the North?