Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister for MACA. In light of the large snowfall and the problems we have had with spring runoff and the wet spring season, we are encountering a lot of problems caused by water. We have seen in the media the Bluefish Creek washout, and we have also heard that the Kakisa access roads are having extreme problems.
I just received a call from the mayor and the SAO of Fort Providence yesterday. The mayor talked to me and they are experiencing some severe problems with road conditions in the community. We have had problems with roads in the communities before. However, at this point, we do not have any gravel. Our gravel stockpile has been depleted for a couple of years now. We have not been able, even though a request has been put in, to put it on the capital plan. We do not have an engineer. We do not have the extraordinary funding we need to build and deal with the roads. To top it off, we do not have the superintendent in the region.
I would like to ask the Minister, can he tell us if there is any funding out there that Fort Providence could tap into to help them get the resources to adequately deal with the roads problem? Thank you.