Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to, once again, raise an issue that the community of Arviat has been concerned about for many, many years. This issue has to do with the quality of water service to the community. For many years, the community was receiving water which was from a still lake, meaning there was no flow into the lake, nor any flow out of the lake, except to the community reservoir.
This past summer, the Department of Public Works spent funds to correct this problem, with the sponsorship of the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. A local contractor was hired to construct a line from a creek where the people of the community go to pick up ice from. I should note that they only hired local people to construct the line.
I was stopped by the Anglican minister when I was last in Arviat, to pass the on communities' appreciation for the new water line to the Minister of Public Works and to the Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs. Although it was not from a creek which the majority of people would have liked to receive their water from, it is better than Mikilaaq Lake.
I stated before, that a previous Minister of the 11th Assembly was served water with some contaminants. Mr. Speaker, I would therefore like to inform Members of the Cabinet that it is now safe. Now they are invited to come into Arviat any time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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