Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I will be supporting this motion and I believe that the National Highways Strategy is a program that the GNWT can take advantage of to provide the acceleration of this particular project. I believe it is an excellent opportunity for the government of the Northwest Territories to get additional resources from that federal program, as it is a program designed to link the capitals together. Another avenue that I would certainly be supporting the particular initiative on is, there is a commitment that the project be carried out and, Mr. Chairman, in the days of fiscal restraint, any additional resources or any way this government can be prudent with the way it spends money should be looked at. Another method that this government can engage in is to do a cost analysis of what it would take to accelerate the project and provide financing for that on an ongoing basis. I think there have been studies which have proved already that there is a potential savings to accelerating the program and financing it as opposed to doing a piece each year. I will be supporting the motion in the interest of being fiscally responsible. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Seamus Henry on Committee Motion 16-13(7): Giving Priority To Accelerating Highway 3 Reconstruction
In the Legislative Assembly on April 27th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 16-13(7): Giving Priority To Accelerating Highway 3 Reconstruction
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 27th, 1999
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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