I just want to make a comment on his comment. In that benefit agreements to Indigenous governments, the money comes, the money goes. I think that the only way to go in future with any kind of industry, especially large industry like mining or anything else, they have to have ownership. Indigenous governments should have ownership in the projects. So I just want to make that comment. And you know what, we have to -- I know there was the comments made by -- and I know he's very -- you know, I respect his views, although I don't always agree with them, and I respect anybody in this House views. We are all very -- what we believe in, we try to express on the floor of the House. And I'm very much about making sure that the mining industry survives. I want to make sure that the mining industry is -- that we're open for business, and I want to make sure that we all have jobs in the future, especially there's a lot of jobs that are -- like, even in my community, many of the people out of Fort Smith work at the mines. And I don't want to make things more difficult because sometimes, you know, too many rules and too many of everything -- and government likes to do that. Too much paper. Too much everything. And there's better ways of doing things in business. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Frieda Martselos on Committee Motion 182-19(2): Committee Report 22-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Government of the Northwest Territories Approach to the Mining Fiscal Regime - Indigenous Governments' Economic Benefit Sharing, Carried
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Committee Motion 182-19(2): Committee Report 22-19(2): Standing Committee on Economic Development and Environment Report on the Government of the Northwest Territories Approach to the Mining Fiscal Regime - Indigenous Governments' Economic Benefit Sharing, Carried
Consideration Of Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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