Thank you, Minister Todd. Mr. Zoe.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Mr. Gamble advises me that it is inspected on a regular basis. Thank you.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
If this activity is responsible for the operations and maintenance of ferries, can the Minister advise us if there are plans to change the method of operating ferries this summer?
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John Todd Keewatin Central
There is no intent on the part of the department to make any significant changes to the operation of the ferries at this time.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
There's a slight reduction in O and M and I heard rumours that there may be a change in the way the ferry at Tsiigehtchic is going to be run, from an on-demand service to some kind of scheduled service. I just want to confirm if this is true or not.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Yes, Mr. Chairman, that's correct.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Then I'll have to go back to the Minister's initial statement when he said there are no changes to the -- I'm not sure of the wording he used -- no changes to the way that the operation of ferries are going to be run. Can the Minister clarify, then, what he's telling me? Are there changes to the way the ferries are going to be run at Tsiigehtchic.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
I believe if you check Hansard, you'll see that my response was that there would be no significant changes to the way the ferries are run. Our intention is to do the ferries on a scheduled- service basis. That's what we intend to do and we're fairly confident that that will maintain the current level of service at this time. Thank you.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Can the Minister then explain what the change is? There's a change to run a scheduled service; what does that mean to the public?
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John Todd Keewatin Central
The way I understand it, from discussions with the department, is if one car turned up at the ferry, we would wait until maybe two or three turned up. We're trying to get, if you want, maximum capacity so we would endeavour to run a ferry on a scheduled service like you have everywhere else. That's what our intent here is to do because at the present time, my understanding of it is that it's on demand, if that's the right term. So we're trying to determine, a little more efficiently, a schedule in terms of trying to get more traffic over with the ferries on a more consistent basis. That's what we're trying to do here. It's not our intention to reduce the level of service, it's just to maximize the utilization of the ferries. Thank you.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
To an individual customer, it's going to be significant if there's only one vehicle sitting there and that vehicle may have to wait three or four hours before somebody else shows up and before the ferry moves. It's going to impact the customer and I can just imagine my colleague, Mr. Nerysoo, or myself getting phone calls the first day the ferry operates because they have to sit and wait. Customers up in that area are used to being there and getting fairly regular and fast service. To me it's a significant change and I wish to have proper answers when the ferry opens so that I can respond to the complaints that I'm sure I'm going to get from people up in the Delta.
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