Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we did visit Pangnirtung in November and we were able to travel with a couple of Transport Canada officials from Winnipeg just to look at the situation in a number of communities along with Pangnirtung. Looking at the situation there, they have decided, yes, it is worth looking into the Pangnirtung airport. However, at this point in time there is no real solid commitment in terms of financial resources. This is what the stumbling block here is, in this case. We do not have the money to do the type of work that needs to be done in Pangnirtung to relocate their airport. That is quite a large sum of money we are talking about. However, as a result of the trip with the federal officials, there is ongoing talks between my department and their officials to see what the possibilities are there to look at the airport relocation in Pangnirtung and that is all I can report at this point in time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Jim Antoine on Question 50-13(5): Pangnirtung Airport Runway Relocation
In the Legislative Assembly on January 21st, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Question 50-13(5): Pangnirtung Airport Runway Relocation
Item 6: Oral Questions
January 20th, 1998
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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