Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, general comments on the Department of Transportation. First of all, I think, after going through the mains from last year and this year, I am quite pleased with the work of the department. After the past few months of working very closely with Minister Antoine and his staff on the ERS situation in Iqaluit which, as he just earlier stated, was to be shut down because of federal regulations. I guess general comments on the federal regulations are that the federal regulations do not take in the movements of passengers in and out as a hub region. It takes in the number of passengers. On that scale, yes, we do not need it, but it also does not look at the geography, the location, the weather conditions, climates, and the hub traffic. On the break waters that were mentioned earlier, I would also like to thank the Minister, last year, for moving several hundred thousand dollars out of the Rankin tank farm project, and Mr. Todd for redistributing that money into Iqaluit and into Arviat, into Pang and other communities. I think that was very important. I would thank the Minister for doing that and would also have a couple of other general comments on the roads. I see that we are building a lot of access roads in communities to hunting areas and trapping and fishing areas and camping areas and I would like to see that type of project continued, because it is of benefit to all of the communities, especially in smaller communities. With that, these are my general comments. When we get to the main estimates, line by line, I will be asking specific questions on the ERS to the appropriate Minister. Thank you, Mr. Steen.
Edward Picco on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 13th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 12th, 1997
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
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