Northern News Services

Yellowknife (Oct 29/01) - Yellowknife's business community told Premier Stephen Kakfwi Friday they want the territorial government to get its act together.

"It was just a call for some sort of sanity," said Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce president David McPherson following a special meeting with the premier.

"It was getting out of hand," said David McPherson who explained political instability frightens investors. "We want a pipeline up here and as many other resource companies as possible. We didn't think it looked good."

The chamber advised Kakfwi that his or the cabinet's resignation would scare off new business.

It's not taking political sides but wants the government to consider business more carefully when devising policy.

"They didn't do that with the road toll and I think it hurt them," said McPherson. "They are wasting too much time and they are wasting too much money on this."

Kakfwi told chamber representatives he wants to make changes in a "more dignified manner."

"It is important that the people who are coming up here and investing in the North be confidant that we have a stable government and that wasn't what we were seeing," said McPherson.