Mr. Chairman, I certainly agree with the Member's comments. That was our intention. We did in fact negotiate, as I indicated yesterday, very aggressively to have the federal government pick up the costs. We had initially brought forward the scoping and project costs and insisted that the government look at covering all the expenditures required. However, we were unsuccessful. There was displacement of aircraft parking on the air side, there was space used up in the terminal building that the federal government would not cover. Having looked at this, we had the option of going and taking only the funding provided by CATSA as an option, which would have left us in a situation where there would have been congestion in the airport as traffic volumes grew, and also on the air side where the airplanes were landing and parking that would have caused a lot of problems. We figured this would not be an option, so we went to our second option where we looked at and agreed to bring it forward; that we would increase some of the size and relocate some of the space inside the facility, along with the parking on the air side and the parking lot. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Michael McLeod on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 26th, 2004. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 25th, 2004
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