Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the food and mail program, or the Northern Air Stage Program, as it is known, is an agreement between Canada Post and INAC. It provides subsidized air freight to these communities for perishable goods. There are 17 communities that are serviced by this program. We have recently raised the issue of looking at different options on how we can maybe improve the program by applying these same subsidies to air carriers, rather than just Canada Post. We have contacted the federal Minister, Andy Scott, and we have also contacted Ethel Blondin-Andrew on this issue. She has responded by saying that this is something that they are considering and would be getting back to us by this fall. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Michael McLeod on Question 203-15(4): Food Mail Program Pilot Project
In the Legislative Assembly on October 20th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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