Thank you, Madam Chair. I will not be supporting the bill because I'm very pro-business. And I know that there has to be processes in place, and I know that the Indigenous government should be part of that process. I very much -- I have a lot of people who are employed at the mine. We have a large apprenticeship sector in Fort Smith. And I know there has to be more transparency and hopefully after the next election, we will get through some of these other outstanding issues, but I'm very much about making sure that we are open for business and always have been. I -- I'm happy that our colleague has named some of these things in his bill, but I just want to make sure that I've always been -- you've always known where I stand. And I'm very -- I can't change what I believe in because business has been part of my life, and I know that some of the information -- I don't think we're going to share all the information that was given by one of my colleagues that gave the submission but I know all we wanted to know is, I guess, just how -- you know, we -- a lot goes out of the territory. It's concerning sometimes, especially to Indigenous groups, and not shared enough with all people in the territories and mostly anything that's given, it's usually just if they're given donations or anything, it's always seems to be the capital. That's usual. And Peter always reminds me, my husband, that it is the capital, he says. You know, so he's on everybody's side here. But I have to share that with you because we have this little argument every now and then. But I'm very pro-business, and I would not have anybody go -- I wouldn't want everybody to go through my financial stuff. And at some point, you know, it's a big investment. When they come up here to open a mine and the employment that comes with it and the benefits to the community and we don't -- where we don't get IBAs in Fort Smith just because of where we are. But a lot of our people work there because we have the college, because we have the headquarters of the college. Got to remind that to the Minister of education. And I just want to make sure that I will not be supporting this bill. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Frieda Martselos on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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