I give notice that on Monday, March 11, 2013, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Hay River North, that the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment revise its Diamond Policy Framework to reflect the needs of a successful secondary industry by:
securing the diamond certification process and enhanced marketing of the Polar Bear trademark;
strengthening conditions for northern-approved manufacturers with the goal of keeping diamonds in the North;
establishing a diamond bourse to facilitate localized sorting, evaluating and rough box purchasing; and
emphasizing socio-economic agreements where local job security and creation and a balance of skills, gender and ethnicity are paramount;
And further, that the Government of the Northwest Territories provide a comprehensive response to this motion within 120 days.
