Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, on many occasions in the House, I talked about Lutselk'e being an isolated community. Flying in and out is the only mode of transportation outside of using snowmobiles in the winter and boats in the summer. The equipment used to maintain the airport and all the roads in the community is from one source only.
I have been asking the department to look at the need for additional equipment, because of the fact that we are a one-route community. The airport is the lifeline. Yet I do not see anything for infrastructure contributions for equipment in the community. If the Department of Transportation is not going to put equipment at the airport, then MACA should put in additional equipment to ensure the airport never shuts down because of equipment problems. People's lives are on the line here when it comes to medical emergency travel. We have to have that airport open at all times. We rely heavily on equipment use.
The grader we have in the community is an old grader with parts falling apart, gauges coming out. It has spent one whole winter at the bottom of a bay because it went through the ice one time. That grader is still there.
I would like to know when the Minister and the department are going to do something about it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.