I will be brief, as well, Mr. Speaker. I lived in Fort Smith briefly for a couple of years, 1972 to 1974. That was the subject of conversation at that time and apparently had been the subject of conversation for twenty years before that. It was always felt that, if there was one thing that would change the structural economy, it would be if it had a road somehow south through the park into Alberta. That dream has persisted for many years and there has been a lack of political will at the level where these decisions are made, to achieve that result. I agree that the kind of conditions that the person who has proposed this motion to us has given, that it would be an attempt to get back to where we were in late 1960s, to follow up on the project that had been abandoned and to do it at a cost that we can afford. For that reason, I will support the motion.
Brian Lewis on Motion 8-12(4): Road Construction Through Wood Buffalo National Park, Carried As Amended
In the Legislative Assembly on December 9th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Motion 8-12(4): Road Construction Through Wood Buffalo National Park, Carried As Amended
Item 15: Motions
December 8th, 1993
Page 592
Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre
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