Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, Resolute Bay is one of the A airport transfers and it is a fairly large airport. It has the jet services up there and it services a mine on Little Cornwallis Island. It also is quite a tourist attraction as it seems to be the jumping off spot for the North Pole and points north. As part of the Arctic A transfer, Mr. Chairman, $2,500,000 was transferred from the federal government for replacement of this airport terminal building. This is one time funding for this particular project. As a result, the facility is fairly large. If the honourable Member has ever been up to Resolute Bay you will know that there is a lot of facilities up there that were put in previous years by the federal government and different research institutions, as well as military. So, it is quite a big establishment up there, and part of the arrangement was to put in quite a substantial air terminal building. In regards to Sanikiluaq replacement of the air terminal building, the existing building is an Atco building, metal side, trailer-type structure, erected by Transport Canada in the early 70s, and I am told that it has out-lived its economic life and therefore requires changing. It is fairly small and inadequate to accommodate the current volume of people who are travelling. As a result, we are putting in this building to replace an old building. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 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 17th, 1997
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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