Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to reply to the honourable Member by first going back into the background on this situation in Pelly Bay. Mr. Speaker, in the past Pelly Bay was getting subsidized, their dry cargo used to be flown up by air from Winnipeg and there was no sealift at that time so a lot of the dry cargo was subsidized. The fuel was shipped to Hall Beach and then flown into Pelly Bay which was very expensive. In 1992-93, Mr. Speaker, the sealift was initiated and dry cargo was shipped to Nanisivik mines and then the coastguard would carry this cargo to Pelly Bay in the summer time. The gasoline itself continued to be airlifted from Hall Beach, which is still quite expensive today. We have had discussions with the Canadian Coastguard and we are moving into active discussions as well with the Interim Commissioner, along with the coastguard on the eastern Arctic sealifts future and would like to continue to bring down the costs of dry cargo and fuel resupply to remote communities such as Pelly Bay. We are basing these discussions on trying to be fair and trying to be equitable in costs between all the communities up in the north. We are into active discussions with the principal bodies. We are working mainly with the Canadian Coastguard. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 61-13(5): Pelly Bay Resupply Concerns
In the Legislative Assembly on January 22nd, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Question 61-13(5): Pelly Bay Resupply Concerns
Item 7: Oral Questions
January 21st, 1998
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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