He was found dead, Mr. Speaker.
I talked to people from Fort Rae and they say the highway is scary between Yellowknife and Rae. There is a drug dealer living out on the highway by Boundary Creek. Apparently, they see young and old people walking on the highway to the dealer, who lives on the highway. James had no gun, nor did he have any money. If it was suicide, where did he get the gun? The last time we saw him alive was here at our home in Kam Lake, Sunday, March 10th.
I have called the RCMP in Yellowknife and the Yellowknife jail for information on his family or where to locate them. They still have not given us any information. Do you know him? He also goes by John Oliver. I have driven down to the valley to the Vital Abel House to visit people who are staying there.
We first hired James from the Yellowknife jail back in 1994. He has been in and out of jail because of drinking and fighting. James was a unique and very intelligent man. He could do the work of three men. We needed his enthusiasm and told him so. He worked off and on for us. We found him last October down and out at the Yellowknife Post Office, brought him out to the factory and put him to work. He was an alcoholic. He was homeless, so he was living with us.
Living on the edge, homeless in 40-below weather, broke, is not a pretty picture. What can this government do? Is anyone aware of James Mungialuk, John Oliver, of relatives that we can contact?
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.