Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a speeding ticket worth $58 which I received on February 1st while I was going to Hay River to attend a bingo with my family.

---Laughter Mr. Speaker, I was stopped by the motor vehicles officer of highway patrol on the south side of the Mackenzie River ice crossing. He issued a ticket to me for going 45 miles per hour in a 40 mile an hour speed zone. Mr. Speaker, I had exceeded the speed limit, but I was driving with due care and caution. I did not pass any vehicle on the ice crossing, and I made sure that there was adequate room between my truck and the vehicle in front of me, as well as the vehicle behind me. Mr. Speaker, I was wearing my seat belt.

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I made sure my passengers were wearing their seat belts as well. But I am upset about the fact that we can have as many as five highway-patrol vehicles stationed at Enterprise. While I have never encountered a patrol vehicle during my frequent travels to Fort Providence, Fort Simpson and Yellowknife, the day I was ticketed I noticed highway patrols on the north and south sides of the Mackenzie River ice crossing.

Mr. Speaker, I have a concern regarding certain communities being ticketed more than others. I have looked into the matter and have discovered that since July of 1991, 26 tickets have been issued in Hay River area, 14 have been issued in the Enterprise area, 11 tickets were issued in the Fort Providence area and one was issued in the Fort Rae/Yellowknife area. There do not seem to be any tickets issued by the motor vehicles officers on the Dempster Highway, the Ingraham Trail, the Fort Liard Highway, the Fort Resolution Highway nor the access roads to Apex and Nanisivik.

As you know, Mr. Speaker, I am a strong critic of the judicial system and its supposedly equal application to our society. I find it quite unacceptable that law enforcement is applied in one area but not in other jurisdictions. I will be pursuing the matter further, Mr. Speaker.