Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Minister and his officials and I did a Sahtu tour a couple of months ago. One of the concerns in the Sahtu related to the amount of heavy activity that went on with regard to the oil and gas exploration activities, and the communities in the Sahtu were somewhat concerned with regard to the amount of traffic that went through their communities. The infrastructure took a pounding, I guess, in terms of extra costs because of the big trucks going through their communities, tearing up the roads, and using some of the facilities in the communities. I am interested to hear from the Minister in terms of his opening comments on page 2 of 6. He talked about collaborative relationships with key partners. I believe some of those key partners would be the oil and gas, and any other large trucking industries that are being used to haul equipment up to the Sahtu for the oil and gas exploration. Has his department looked at what steps they will take in terms of ensuring that the communities, the oil and gas companies that come through our municipal boundaries, are well advised in terms of their responsibility once they hit the municipal boundaries, that they have certain cautions and responsibilities in terms of not damaging too much of the roads in our communities? Thank you, Madam Chair.
Norman Yakeleya on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 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
March 25th, 2004
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