Mr. Chairman, in our region we have a lot of activity going on in our community and, for good reasons, Colville Lake decided not to have the exploration happen in their region. Now, next year they're going to continue with the exploration. When you look at the amount of money Colville Lake is pumping into this economy in the Northwest Territories and the amount of money that's going into the oil and gas industry, I just don't see why you can't have the RCMP there. I mean, the economy says yes and when you have that type of economy, you have a lot of things happening, and that's pretty well visible in a community of 134 people and to increase the RCMP presence there. It's not going to slow down. Indications show that our region is going to be busy, I think, as other regions are going to pick up also in terms of oil and gas exploration and diamonds in the southern parts. So I hope we have some discussion in terms of Colville Lake. It's booming and there's a lot of money spent there. I just don't see why we don't have an RCMP there. This year is quiet because they decided not to have any activity, but next year again Petro-Can, and Paramount, and other resource development I think they're going to be working in that area. That's millions into that little community. Why don't we have an RCMP officer? Again, I'm flabbergasted as to the reasons why we don't have members in these small communities that don't have any RCMP officers. In Yellowknife they've got a dog, too; $85,000 for the RCMP dog here and then you've got more members. I'll leave it at that, Mr. Chair.
Norman Yakeleya on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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