Thank you, Madam Chairperson. In regard to the communities taking over the responsibility of the Department of Public Works, with regards to Aklavik there is a situation where the community was considering taking over the responsibility of the department as far as maintaining infrastructure in the communities, but one of the problems they ran into was that they did not have the resources to maintain the people that presently were there in the Department of Public Works and also have trained, qualified individuals to take over that responsibility such as the hamlet foreman. I would like to ask the Minister, has the department, along with the municipalities, considered the process that they can work together to ensure that they do have any transfers that take place from the department to a community, that they do have qualified individuals trained and knowledgeable of maintaining the infrastructure in a lot of our small communities? Has anything been done to consider finding a workable solution between the department and the municipalities with regards to such transfers?
David Krutko on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on April 27th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 26th, 1999
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