Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, both as Minister of MACA and as Minister of Public Works, I have been involved in the overall problems with the water project in Fort McPherson, including the operation of the new trucks. Public Works has been advising me on an ongoing basis as to how they can possibly resolve the problems with the trucks.
Part of the major problem is that the community has no mechanic. Public Works has been working with a local trucking outfit to see if we can get the mechanical work done through them. We have also been working with the trucking company, and I believe it is a local trucking company, to see if there is any interest there in them taking over the operation of the trucks on behalf of the Department of Public Works.
MACA is involved only from the point of assuring the project continues and the community has a water supply. We are well aware of the problems with the maintenance of the trucks and the relationship of the problems of the truck to the condition of the highway. We are working with Transportation as well to see if something can be done with the conditions of the highway to help resolve the problem with the trucks. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.