Mr. Chairman, starting with Lutselk'e, $50,000; Rae Lakes, $50,000; Wha Ti, $25,000; Aklavik, $50,000; Paulatuk, $50,000; Tsiigehtchic, $50,000; Tuktoyaktuk, $50,000. We have 30 community access roads uncommitted, $55,000 for various territorial.
Debates of Feb. 27th, 2001
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I was wondering if we could find out, is the program limited to a one-time grant of $50,000, or can communities over a number of years get subsequent grants and thereby get perhaps half a million or a million dollars over a period of years?
Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, it has been my understanding that communities have been accessing this program on a yearly basis and we have been funding some roads on a yearly basis at $50,000 a year.
Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Do we work with communities to make sure that there is an equitable distribution? For instance, so one community is not getting ten years of $50,000 and some other community never gets access to the funding?
Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, I suppose a person could get that impression, but some of these communities have been accessing this program longer than other communities. Although the program has been made available to all the communities, some have not been taking advantage of it until recently.
Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The community access roads fund, when I was in Wekweti, they did not even know that money was available last fall. Does the department make sure that each community is aware that funds are out there?
Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, if the communities have not been made aware, I can assure the Member that we will make the communities aware of the program. Based on the number of applications we receive, they are all aware of the program.
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister says that he is getting a lot of applications, but then on the other hand, he said earlier that a lot of communities are accessing the funds on a regular basis. I do not understand. Some communities have more priorities than others? How do they do the selection?
Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, I am not aware of the department turning down any community's request at this point.
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I spoke to the Minister the other day trying to find out what was happening on the Ingraham Trail where they are hauling a lot of gravel. He was not aware of what they were doing. Would this be one of the areas where they are accessing money for crushed gravel to go to people's driveways?
Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, this is a situation that I am quite aware of. I am quite aware of where the gravel is going now. At the time the Member asked me, I was not aware that this gravel was being used or placed at these particular locations.
I hope the Member takes into consideration that I am responsible for a fair number of communities, and a fair number of kilometres of highways and winter roads. I cannot keep track of every kilometre by the minute or by the hour. I did find out what that gravel is there for. It is just simply stockpiled for future use, to allow the contractor to haul heavier loads while the road is frozen.
Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 27th, 2001
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister if he could give us a definition of what constitutes an access road.
Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 39-14(3): To Revise The Highway Strategy To Incorporate Cost-effective Inter-community Travel (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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