Tony Whitford on Question 241-12(5): Consultation Re Cruise Missile Testing In The Nwt

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a question I would like to direct to the Premier. It follows on the statement I made concerning the reactivation of the cruise missile testing. Many people have expressed their concern over this for a number of reasons, certainly the end of the cold war being one of them. The other thing is, a point of principle, perhaps, which is more fundamentally important is the fact that we have weapons of war being test-flown over our sovereign territory here, although it may be with approval of the federal government but with the very clear expression of concern by the Northwest Territories residents, including the majority of this House on occasion. I would like to ask the Premier -- and it deals with consultation -- when was the government informed that tests would occur this week?