Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I, too, when the Minister was giving his budget address, was flagging things that kind of concerned me. It was interesting as I went through what concerns me. What stood out the most, of course, is infrastructure for the communities, and it's not so much Nahanni Butte lacking infrastructure, of course, it's the whole hamlet/village issue Madam Chair, that concerns me as well, because here we have a community that's struggling to meet it's O and M and because of its taxation label, we're unable to get any new infrastructure money or our community cannot grow infrastructure-wise just because we're spending all our money on O and M. Here we have a unique opportunity too, because of the federal MRIF plan, et cetera. The community of Fort Simpson can't even access that because it doesn't even have a surplus in order to make their one-third contribution, and that really saddens me. I believe the Minister is aware of that and there's going to have to be some way to really deal with it.
Kevin A. Menicoche on Item 23: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Item 23: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 23: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 10th, 2005
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