Mr. Chairman, any community that comes forward with the same kind of request with the same level of urgency and public interest and inadequate appropriation, would get exactly the same treatment. Just for clarification, in this case the urgency was certainly that we had to maintain access to the solid waste dump and the sewage dump. The public interest was certainly that in this case there was... Sorry, the other part of the urgency, of course, is we can only haul gravel into Tuk in the winter on the ice roads. That had to be done then. The public interest part is that the road was worn out through the industrial use and other community use, to the point where we were going to lose the base of the road and have to do a much more expensive upgrading of that road if we didn't do it quickly. Then, of course, the department didn't have the appropriation or the money in their budget to be able to handle it. So any community that has the same level of criteria to meet those three standards we have would also qualify.
Joe Handley on Bill 18: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2003-2004
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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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