I think that area may have been cleared up. I haven't been informed by the community, but it had to do with the a water and sewer subsidy that was held back since last August. If that has already been taken care of, I will move on to other concerns.
Still with the community of Fort Liard, it is a community that is a hamlet, but they tell me the type of facilities normally funded to a hamlet, they have not received. For example, they don't have their own community office. With a population from 250 to 600, they should receive an office of 271 square metres, at a cost of $1,200 per metre. So they figure they missed out on about $325,000 in that area, because they are leasing. It goes on to a number of different key areas where they have not been fully funded as a municipal council. I would like the department to meet with the community and cover all the areas that they may not have received funding for, that they may be entitled to. I would just like to make that comment.
With regard to water and sewer, I am glad that finally we are going to get some of that work done in the smaller communities, not only in my constituency, but in other constituencies, as well. In the community of Jean Marie River, they are telling me the department is planning to build a water reservoir for water storage. People I have talked to who work in this department, or other government departments that deal with water, have said they think there is no need to build a reservoir. There are two systems being used in my constituency, one in Fort Liard and one in Wrigley. In those communities, water is taken from a well and pumped into a storage tank that is in a heated building. This water is stored there and whenever it is needed, it is distributed to the community. The only thing they haven't done is put a check valve in the well, so that any water in the system, after the tanks are full, drains by itself. So then there is no problem of freezing. This is a very simple system that is used. I was wondering if the department took that into consideration, in planning the water reservoirs they are building in some of the smaller communities. I think the communities accept the water reservoirs, but has the department looked into this other way of providing water into the smaller communities? That is the question, Mr. Chairman.