Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question at this time would be directed to the Minister responsible for Transportation, Mr. Antoine. Mr. Speaker, I have raised before in this Assembly the concern for employment long-term strategy and the road to resources. Mr. Speaker, recently I received information from Minister Antoine, in response to a letter, saying that because of the cost of the exercise, the lack of the possibilities of lowering prices and the Inuvik region is already hooked up by the Dempster Highway, that it was not looked at favourably. Not to look at a project overall as has been done in the past, I raise the concern as an employment strategy which would result in benefits the whole region. Mr. Speaker, my question to the Minister is, knowing that we cannot afford to look at these projects, for example I think it was $700 million for the Mackenzie Valley highway, I would like to ask the Minister if he would once again look at the possibilities of funding, to a certain degree, the access of preparing a right-of-way for a road for future and ongoing. If it is ten or 20 years, we need to start doing something to put people to work and create the infrastructure and the roads that we can access resources by. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 370-13(5): Highway Construction Strategy
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Question 370-13(5): Highway Construction Strategy
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 17th, 1998
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