Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the issue here is a fundamental one of safety and concern for human life. You go through the study that was prepared by Avery Cooper, I think it showed one in six million chances of these types of accidents occurring in an airport where ERS could have saved lives. Mr. Chairman, after saying that, in

Iqaluit over the past 18 months, we have had four of these types of incidents and, for lack of a better word, there just seems to be bad karma at the Iqaluit airport. Not only is it an Iqaluit concern, Mr. Chairman, it is also a concern because it is the transportation hub for 13 communities in the Baffin region. If our airport goes down at Iqaluit, there are no roads to take food into Pond Inlet, there are no roads to take food into Broughton, Clyde, Hall Beach or anywhere else. When our airport went down for a couple of days when the CF-18 crashed last summer, there was a considerable cost to the other airlines operating out of Iqaluit. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the Minister's response saying that we would help get training for our firefighters who are volunteers at the town, but I need some kind of help with the equipment. If we do not have the proper equipment, then you cannot fight a fire unless you have a hose and, in this case, you cannot fight a fire unless you have the proper equipment. I know it is difficult for the Minister to commit to funds when we are tight. I wonder if I could take $2 million out of Fort Smith paving, no, just kidding.

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I wonder if there is any other sources of funding that we can look at or if there are any contingency funds under ERS available?