Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let me say it again that we, as a government, do not jeopardize any of our employees or put them in unsafe working conditions. I would also like to say that it is my job and my senior management's job to make specifications about fixed-wing aircraft or any other standard for firefighting in the Northwest Territories. It is not the Bird Dog officers' job to make those standards. We have done that. We have agreed with Buffalo Airways, they are ready to work and, hopefully, everyone can go to work fighting fires. When you go to a proposal call, you want to find out what other contractors have to offer so you can carry out similar types of business with maybe less standards. It would be nice to be able to afford bigger and better aircraft, but we cannot do it. We are going to fight fires with DC-4s and CL-215s with the standards we mutually agreed to with Buffalo Airways. Thank you.
Don Morin on Question 503-12(7): Safety Concerns Re Fire Suppression Program
In the Legislative Assembly on June 5th, 1995. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 503-12(7): Safety Concerns Re Fire Suppression Program
Question 503-12(7): Safety Concerns Re Fire Suppression Program
Item 6: Oral Questions
June 4th, 1995
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
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