Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I've spoken to the leadership in Colville Lake and they have given me the reasons why that building is no longer in Colville Lake. They have stepped up to the plate in terms of taking on some ownership and acknowledged some of the difficulties they have with some of their youth. However, Mr. Chairman, the community has suffered long enough and there is no unit they are building that the department could see that could maybe be used for the airport. Mr. Chairman, I guess that's where it burns me a little when another Member is talking about sewer and water in one building and Colville Lake doesn't even have a building.

That's where I get a little bit frustrated, Mr. Chair, in terms of the various needs and different levels we have in the Northwest Territories. We proclaim that we should all be treated equal and have the same level and standards of service, but that's not the case in the Northwest Territories as far as airports. Colville Lake does not have an airport. What is this government doing that stops people from freezing? Certainly, Mr. Chair, Colville Lake has a little granny from Nahanni in that area, too. Where are you going to keep these old people? They're freezing in airports, to get to the airport, and they freeze when they're leaving. Ministers know that when they visit Colville Lake. There's no building there in the spring, the summer or the winter. They just chuckle to themselves and kind of just laugh. That's not funny when you ask the people in Colville Lake to go to the airport. No other community in the North would put up with this. They would be screaming bloody murder in terms of this issue here, Mr. Chair. I apologize for my language, because I'm really frustrated as to what does it take for a little community like Colville Lake to get an airport terminal or building so that people don't have to wait outside in minus 40, 30 weather, blowing? They have to do their passenger list right outside on the skidoos.

I just don't know what the priority of this government is. There are levels of classes that we just don't fit in this government and it's just the reality of it. Mr. Chairman, I want to ask the Minister again, would he consider strongly within the life of this government to look at Colville Lake? Do a P3 if you have to. You have the money. Do it. I know they wanted one. They can build a new one for you guys if you have no money in this department. Look at other solutions that could help this government. They can build it and they can own it and they can lease it back to this department if they have no money. They have partners in Colville Lake. They have a lot of gas in Colville Lake that they want be brought out through the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. There are a lot of operations that go on there. I'm not too sure how they do their assessments. Maybe their regional superintendents stay too long in the community and don't come out to our region. I'm giving the Minister a hard time in this department because I just don't see any other small communities. I don't know about the other communities, like the granny from Nahanni, or someone from

Tsiigehtchic, or Whati or Gameti having terminals like that. If we had this in Yellowknife, Hay River or Inuvik, you know, it would certainly be a different story. What's so different about my people in Colville Lake than in Yellowknife that they can't have a terminal building?