Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, certainly in the Northwest Territories, we do always expect businesses to use reasonable efforts, to use local employment, local labour, and to really ensure that collectively and as a community we're really focused on benefit retention for Northerners. That said, I can't predict what would have happened but we were in the face of a very difficult decision that some of the diamond mines were facing. We know that globally it is a very difficult market for diamonds right now, and we also know that in the NWT that diamond mines provide a lot of our GDP. They provide upwards of 21 percent. They provide a lot of funding to businesses. They provide a lot of jobs to Northerners that Northerners rely on, and so what we were investing in were those jobs. Thank you.
Caitlin Cleveland on Question 661-20(1): Relief Measures for Territorial Diamond Mines
In the Legislative Assembly on May 21st, 2025. See this statement in context.
Question 661-20(1): Relief Measures for Territorial Diamond Mines
Oral Questions
May 21st, 2025
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