Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can not support this motion either. I think it is premature. I think there are many questions that need to be answered on what this $820,000 is for. I know, as Mr. Steen has mentioned, there was $964,000 spent last year. There certainly are questions in my mind, whether this is for a Rankin Inlet tank farm or not. I think that is what the motion is deciding that it is. I certainly would like questions answered about this, and I am not asking for them to be done now, I realize I can not get that. The motion is premature, Mr. Chairman, but I do know one thing. There has been money spent in Rankin Inlet, whether it is to do with the Rankin Inlet tank farm or moorings. There is nothing worse in any community than having something half finished. I think that is a very poor investment of funds. Apart from that, the questions need to be answered about what the project is about before any one can make a decision on it, and maybe the movers do have much more information available to them than I do. It would have been important to have that information available before this motion even came forward. I will not be able to support this motion. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Seamus Henry on Committee Motion 15-13(4): Recommendation To Remove Projects Related To The Rankin Inlet Tank Farm
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 15-13(4): Recommendation To Remove Projects Related To The Rankin Inlet Tank Farm
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 18th, 1997
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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