Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in regard to my earlier discussions in regard to the hamlet road, Tuktoyaktuk, $123,000, I still have concerns to how this amount of money was expended and how we are finding there was a lapse in these expenditures. So I would just like to ask the Minister exactly how many other communities have taken advantage of using special warrants to fix or repair roads in their communities? Has there been any other requests for special warrant to be issued for approval by the FMBS for these types of conditions where industrial development, regardless of whether it's oil and gas or mining activity that has taken place... I'll use an example of the community of Tsiigehtchic which has had oil and gas activity over the last number of years, where a lot of traffic has rolled in and out of that community by way of movement of oil rigs and heavy equipment, and they have been trying to request funding to work on a bypass road, but with very little support from this government. So what does it take for a community to access funds through a special warrant, using a similar argument that was used in regard to the Tuk hamlet access road, and which one of the issues raised at the time was because of the impact by way of oil and gas development and that there has been major reconstruction of this road because of the activity of those developments. I would like to ask the Minister of Finance exactly what does it take for another community to access these funds, and if you can tell me if there has been any requests made by other communities to seek these types of funding through special warrants?
David Krutko on Bill 18: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2003-2004
In the Legislative Assembly on June 12th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Bill 18: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2003-2004
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
June 12th, 2003
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