Sandy Lee

And billions with a B; and Pacific Analytic Inc. Consulting Economists. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table three documents, the Mackenzie Gas Project - A Financial and Economic Assessment; Alternatives North media release on the independent report finds the Mackenzie gas project will be highly profitable and our governments are foregoing billions in potential tax revenue.

Short supplementary, Mr. Speaker. Could I ask the Minister as to whether there's an opening for this review of policy to apply to all the outstanding files that deal with chronic pain? That whatever the corporation comes up with that it would apply to all the outstanding files dealing with chronic pain? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have to tell you, this is really, really good news. I'm really glad to hear the Minister say this. I am very hopeful with the Minister's suggestion that the WCB actually is willing to look at chronic condition as not just a compensable injury, but the whole issue has been about the fact that workers with chronic pain cannot get the permanent disability pension and the Minister is now just suggesting that that is a possibility. So I'd like to ask the Minister for some deadline and what exactly is this process, what is the role that the Members here have? Can we...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to welcome everyone in the gallery, but if I may make special mention of Mr. Sam Gargan. I used to work in research when he was a Member and I worked for him when he was Speaker. I remember he used to call me at every telephone stop with a project. I don’t know if any other Members do that, but I would just like to welcome Mr. Gargan to the House. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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I think I will go with that. I will keep communicating with the Minister to follow that up. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, I think that this government, and this Legislature, and the Premier, and the Cabinet, will be judged on how we come out in terms of benefits for the people of the Northwest Territories. I need to hear from the Premier very precisely what is it exactly he's asking the Prime Minister and how he's about to get that. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

…for the territorial government. So what is the Premier going to do, in light of this new information, to stand up for the NWT and for this government? Thank you.

I think what we are looking at is what portion of $17 billion or any relation to that does this government stand to gain from that. Could the Premier enlighten the House as to what his response is to that?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to use the remainder of the question period to pose one more question to the Premier and it's in regards to what I heard this morning from the study that was done by Alternatives North, which suggests that the potential income, or revenue, or profit, from the pipeline development for industry could be as high as $17 billion.