Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, I’m not sure the Minister actually heard what I said. I never said that that was the only revenues we actually keep, from mining or oil and gas. I think what I’m trying to do here is show that the resource royalty rates that we’ve inherited from the federal government are quite ancient and maybe it’s time that we actually look at those royalty rates. Alberta’s done it a couple of times. Are we actually going to get around to looking at that in terms of our financial future?
The reason why I say that is, when I’ve raised this issue, we actually raised three times as much money from tobacco and liquor as we do from resource revenues that we get to keep. People are actually shocked by that. Are we going to get around to looking at the royalty rates for mining and oil and gas and help retain more of these benefits for programs and services in the Northwest Territories? Thanks, Mr. Chair.