Madam Chair, I am not sure exactly what meetings the Member is referring to. It was not me. Perhaps it was some staff or maybe perhaps another Minister. On the issue of hunting grounds, et cetera, and the environmental aspect of that, I think it is important to visualize, try to visualize exactly what it is that we are trying to build here. That is pipelines from tank farms that are on the edges of these communities that already have pipelines going down to the shore. Right now, the present pipelines go down to the beach where the barge lands. That is not suitable or is not safe for off-loading by tanker. In four of the communities we have to build an additional pipeline from the same tanks down to the same shore, but a slightly different location that is safer to be used for off-loading by tanker. Since these tanks are generally on the edge of town, in general, there is no hunting right on the edge of town or around the fuel tanks anyway. The concern that I had heard about, one, that Mr. O'Brien mentioned the other day the Department of Public Works and Services were planning to put one across an important char river, I assured the House the other day that was not the case. That is not what we were planning to do. That is something that I would never allow the department to do. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Goo Arlooktoo on Committee Motion 2-13(5): To Amend Committee Motion 1-13(5)
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 2-13(5): To Amend Committee Motion 1-13(5)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 23rd, 1997
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
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