Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Minister. You led very nicely into my next line of questioning regarding the airport, which is with regard to the polar flights. Mr. Chairman, I believe it was last week our federal Transportation Minister, as well as the U.S. Secretariat have agreed to engage in opening up the skies in North America, which will slowly proceed to again reaffirm the importance of the polar flight route. Again, emphasizing the importance of the Yellowknife Airport, in which we only had three emergency calls last year; safety goes beyond actuals. It's the reality that we have to be there and recognize some of those points raised just a moment ago; how we are engaging on our federal counterparts about again reaffirming that we are an emergency airport on the polar flight routes, because these are opening up every day and we'd be foolish to think they're going to get slower. If anything, people are going to be flying here on a regular basis over our skies. As well, maybe the Minister could emphasize the area of whether the territorial government has any dialogue at all with their air transportation folks with, say, understanding or at least some acknowledgement of who flies over the territorial skies. Do they have to engage the Northwest Territories government Transportation section in any way if the polar flights cross our airspace? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Robert Hawkins on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 28th, 2005. 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
February 27th, 2005
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