(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First of all, I would like to thank the Minister of Transportation not just from my constituents, but from people all over the territories. In 1994 the Cape Dorset runway will be improved. They will also be getting a new terminal. I would like to thank him for that.
I have a comment to make and a question. You said that you went to my community of Lake Harbour, but I don't remember when you were there. We have a lot of hills. It is one of the communities with the most hills. In the winter time, they have to put gravel on the snow in my community. A lot of times, there is not enough sand to go around in the winter time. The quarry sites we have are quite far and the equipment we have is not suitable for that work. People have asked for a boulder crusher.
Even though that's not one of our major priorities, it is one of them. Hopefully, within five years, this can be considered because there isn't enough sand from the quarry sites. I think you are aware that we have requested a boulder crusher in the capital projects. It should be one of the priorities in the capital budget. If we don't have any more sand, we won't have enough for our roads or for the runway. We have to make plans ahead of time. I want this to be considered in the capital budget.
Everybody is aware that there is not enough money to go around for everybody, but one of the priorities we want to keep is for a runway. When the weather is not very good, and if there is an emergency and the planes have to come in, we have to have safe runways. I know you've heard this before, but we are not sure when this will be put in the capital budget. We definitely need a new runway. If we keep postponing it and something happens, that wouldn't be very good. There have been studies of where an ideal site would be for such a runway. I'm sure you will be bringing this up in your plan. I want this to be in the plan.
In Sanikiluaq, the runway was improved and I also wish to thank you for that. I have a lot of concerns that I want to bring up, but I will keep bringing them so they can be dealt with in the main estimates and the capital budget. That's all I have to say, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.