I take a little offence to the Member's comments. We are in support of the mining industry in the Northwest Territories. This is our biggest revenue generator. It employs probably the largest number of people outside the bureaucracy. As I stated yesterday in this House, this is a very complex issue. People focus in on the resource royalties. There's much more than that, that these mines contribute to the Northwest Territories, social economic agreements, land taxes, IBAs, gas taxes, employment. This is a whole-government approach, and it has to be something that's taken seriously, and we will look at in due course in time.
Wally Schumann on Question 89-18(3): Mineral Resources Act
In the Legislative Assembly on February 12th, 2018. See this statement in context.
Question 89-18(3): Mineral Resources Act
Oral Questions
February 11th, 2018
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