Presentation to the Environmental Assessment Review Panel Regarding the BHP NWT Diamonds Project (Jake Ootes, MLA, Yellowknife Centre, 1996)
Jake Ootes, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, presents to the Environmental Assessment Review Panel in support of the BHP NWT Diamonds Project, arguing that the territory's economic crisis and high unemployment make the mine essential for job creation, economic diversification, and northern self-sufficiency while emphasizing the need for responsible development that minimizes environmental damage and addresses aboriginal and social concerns.
- Date
- 1996
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- Jake Ootes, Environmental Assessment Review Panel, BHP, Government of the Northwest Territories, Yellowknife candidates (Seamus Henry, Roy Erasmus, Charles Dent)
- Locations
- Yellowknife Centre, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Yellowknife South, Yellowknife North, Yellowknife Frame Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Parameters
- economic development, employment, diamond mining, environmental impact, social impacts, wage employment, royalty payments, economic diversification
- Pages
- 8
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