Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the airport transfer to the Keewatin communities has been directly linked to the Keewatin Pilot Project. There has been a lack of progress in this pilot project and some of the discussions that were going on with the deputy minister of Community Government, Housing and Transportation with the Nunavut government. There is a new amalgamation and how the new Nunavut government is going to run this. It will probably be Community Government Housing and Transportation will be forming together in Nunavut. The airport transfer is not their highest priority at this point in time and so, the Department of Transportation in the west, is slowing down our work in this whole transfer. Should the pilot project and the airport transfer become a priority for the Interim Commissioner, and the deputy minister for Nunavut, the department is prepared to pick up the pace on short-notice. This is the reason for the slow down in the transfer. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 519-13(5): Arctic Airport Transfer Update
In the Legislative Assembly on May 22nd, 1998. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 519-13(5): Arctic Airport Transfer Update
Question 519-13(5): Arctic Airport Transfer Update
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 21st, 1998
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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