Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the diamond mines continue work in the North here, north of Yellowknife, the winter road continues to be of question. Some years it's good; some years it's bad. Mr. Speaker, before this Assembly, I brought up the issue of could we work towards a permanent year-round winter road to our mine. This would help them with their logistics every year as they get organized bringing in their fuel straight up there. They don't have to worry about the winter road going out, and as we saw two years ago, they spent $100 million in logistic money trying to get fuel up to the North. So there's a conglomerate whine to establish a year-round road. So the two options are to go straight from Yellowknife north or the Bathurst port. I'd like to ask the Minister of Transportation is he willing to work with his winter road conglomerate to ensure that this road gets permanently established in the Northwest Territories rather than we sit by and watch the Nunavut government get it established in the Bathurst port going south? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Robert Hawkins on Question 140-15(6): All-weather Road To Diamond Mines
In the Legislative Assembly on August 17th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Question 140-15(6): All-weather Road To Diamond Mines
Item 7: Oral Questions
August 16th, 2007
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