Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The regional study group is looking at long-range issues, the development of data and so on that will help everybody involved in the business. But there has been an application to build and I quote: "A permanent all-weather tote road." Now, as I understand it, the word "permanent" means that it is there forever, that's it, until you decide to get rid of it. So, since this is going to be there permanently, what is the position of the regional study group with regard to building something that is permanent without establishing whether it will have permanent good effects or permanent bad effects, even though, I agree, it is part of the exploratory phase, and not the development phase. What process is there in place to determine whether this permanent road will have any permanent effects?
Brian Lewis on Question 138-12(7): Slave Province Regional Study Group
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 1995. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 138-12(7): Slave Province Regional Study Group
Question 138-12(7): Slave Province Regional Study Group
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 21st, 1995
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Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre
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