Mr. Chairman, my question still has not been answered. I guess if I take the rest of the day to dwell on this, I am going to have to. You know, Highway No. 5 was paved from the Pine Point junction toward the Sandy Lake turnoff where people could access their cottages back in 1985, and the Minister is trying to indicate to me that there was a considerable amount of traffic on that highway. Well, I know that there has still been a considerable amount of traffic on that highway, and I know that there has been a considerable number of accidents on that highway also, and that the accidents have been on the gravel portion of that highway. It upsets me that the Minister has not given any consideration toward finishing off the paving that his department started back in 1985. I know he stated that he tries to address the need where it is greatest, but the point I am trying to make is that the community of Fort Smith has been there for well over 100 years, and we are still there, and it is totally unfair that I, as a Member, have to sit here and tolerate the answer, "where the need is greatest" knowing we have spent millions of dollars as a government. This government has spent millions of dollars to pave a highway toward Pine Point, which is no longer there. I do not know how many residents live in Pine Point, and our highway is not given any consideration for future paving. Now where is the department's planning? How do they plan? I want to know if they are going to consider paving and completing the job they started back in 1985, prior to 1997, because I will not tolerate your department completing the work 12 years later than when you began.
Jeannie Marie-Jewell on Motion To Advance Arviat Water Supply Improvements To 1992-93, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on March 5th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Motion To Advance Arviat Water Supply Improvements To 1992-93, Carried
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 4th, 1992
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
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