Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The motion is in order. To the motion. The motion is not debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

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Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Minister.

Okay, I'd like to thank the Minister and thank you, Mr. Enge and Ms. Melhorn. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you for that, Mr. Minister. I have got Mr. Menicoche next. Mr. Menicoche.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my underlying theme here is the Government of the Northwest Territories did not have to look at losing millions of dollars. I wonder if the Finance Minister today could make a commitment to try to find out exactly what went wrong with this deal and why the Government of the Northwest Territories is going to be on the hook for millions of dollars in this deal.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I find it really difficult to imagine how the world’s largest diamond manufacturer could not meet the standards set out by one of our northern producers. Nobody seems to know what the Leviev Group was asking or what BHP was willing to give up. Nobody really knows. BHP says one thing, Leviev says another, and the Finance Minister can’t say anything. Where are these diamonds coming from? They are coming out of our territory here. I think we have an obligation to try to get to the bottom of this. We are losing millions of dollars, Mr. Speaker. We don’t know what...

No, the producers are in there, but he’s not in there, it’s not in there. He mentioned all producers by name, but did not mention the secondary industry. I hope this omission does not indicate the government's overall view of our secondary diamond industry.

Mr. Speaker, today, later on the order papers, I will have questions for the Minister of Finance with regard to this issue. Thank you.

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