Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I think this line of questioning originated as a result of an article in the Globe and Mail, which I indicated the other day that I had not read, but I have read it since that time. In that article it indicates that it is a proposal that the Russians are putting forward. In the article it says that it may take about two or three years before it gets into full operation, so there is still a lot of time to consider this, if it is ever going to go ahead, so I would like to qualify that first. In regard to the honourable Members questioning as to whether we going to benefit or not and everybody else is going to benefit, I do not know this, Mr. Speaker, because this is Canadian airspace we are dealing with. I do not think the provinces benefit from their own airspace every time there are international flights going over them. We in the Northwest Territories certainly do not benefit from transpolar flights that go over us. I think that Canada as a whole, the Canadian government, probably through NAV Canada, will probably benefit in that regard. I am not too familiar with that type of arrangement with the transpolar flights so I would like to maybe reply in that manner. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 176-13(6): Proposal For Increased Transpolar Flights
In the Legislative Assembly on November 6th, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Question 176-13(6): Proposal For Increased Transpolar Flights
Item 6: Oral Questions
November 5th, 1998
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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