My honourable colleague is correct. It is a safety complaint and we are concerned about safety. Here we have Fort Simpson, Cambridge Bay, have all lost them. Is he asking me as the Finance Minister, to look at revenue generation in a narrow focus just for his riding? I am saying to him that is inappropriate. The decision was made by the federal government to get out of this business for a variety of reasons. That is not a decision we made. That is a decision Doug Young made when he was Minister of Transportation when I was the Minister of Transportation. I am not prepared to look here today at one particular riding as though a way of generating revenue is for them. We have to look at the big picture here. I know Mr. Picco wants to look at the big picture. We have a responsibility, not just to people in Iqaluit, but to people in Rankin Inlet, Baker Lake, and Cambridge Bay. The kind of questioning is inappropriate.
John Todd on Question 364-13(4): Iqaluit Ers Training Funds
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 364-13(4): Iqaluit Ers Training Funds
Question 364-13(4): Iqaluit Ers Training Funds
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 20th, 1997
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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