Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the only source of gravel that is comparable to what was used from the airport stockpile is at Ya Ya Lakes, roughly a 60 mile haul.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I did not catch the mileage with regard to Ya Ya Lakes, I would like to ask the Minister to restate the mileage to Ya Ya Lakes.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Steen.

Mr. Chairman, the mileage is roughly 60 miles.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Krutko.

Also, the next item, $380,000 to replace 6,000 cubic metres of gravel provided by the Department of Transportation. I know the question was raised by my colleague, Mr. Lafferty, in regard to communities having access to the Department of Transportation granular stockpiles which may be in our communities. In regard to this precedent being set here, will the Minister or the government consider offering this same similar arrangement to all communities in the Northwest Territories where such stockpiles exist today in our communities?

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Steen.

Mr. Chairman, to the first part of the question, this gravel has to be replaced, it is not free. The community has to replace this gravel. To the second part, I refer to Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, we will treat all of the communities the same. If they are in a similar situation we treat them the same way. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I think it is needed in our communities, especially the communities that have a hard time accessing gravel, communities such as Aklavik and I would like to get assurances from the Minister, if we could get something like that in writing by way of change of the department's policy in regard to in most cases they may restrict you from accessing this gravel.

I also understand from the Minister that it has to be replaced and I think it is appropriate. I just have a question to the Minister of Finance, what does a Member have to do to receive similar treatment? We all know we have bad roads in our communities and I mentioned the problem that we have in the community of Tsiigehtchic because of traffic from the oil and gas development that happened there, where they had to construct a bypass winter road around the communities because it was ripping down the power lines.

I would like to ask the Minister, if this project has been available to the Minister's riding, what are you going to do to ensure communities have similar opportunities to access funds similar to this to construct roads because of the effects of development in our communities?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, if there is a similar emergency, or an emergency in any community, then the appropriate Minister should be advised. The Minister would then bring it to FMB and treat it the same way that this emergency or urgency was handled. So it would not matter which community it was, whether it was Tuktoyaktuk or N'dilo or wherever it may be. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, it is pretty ironic that the Minister makes that comment, because the community of Tsiigehtchic, when requesting that they receive revenues to build this access road, they were given $50,000. So it is amazing that a community building an access road, because of the effect of the development on their community, is only accessed $50,000, yet a community to approve the road to their sewage lagoon because of damage to construction gets $1.3 million.

I would like to ask the Minister again, how fair do you think it is that one community gets $50,000 to work on an access road, yet another community gets $1.3 million?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Handley.

Mr. Chairman, certainly we would treat an emergency different than we would a potential economic opportunity, so it depends on the situation. If it is an emergency in the same way this one was, we will treat it in the same way. If it is just an economic opportunity for someone to get access to a gravel source somewhere, whatever it may be, then that would be treated accordingly.

I think all Members should bring to our attention any situations that they feel are emergencies and should be dealt with in this way, and we will treat them accordingly. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I hope this is the process, where we bring our problems to the Ministers through committee of the whole and he takes us seriously and he does something. He is the Minister also responsible for Transportation.

I would also like to ask exactly from that comment, why is it there are different priorities set to Members' concerns versus Ministers' concerns?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Handley.

There are no differences, Mr. Chairman. They are all treated the same way. Thank you.