My question is to either, I’m not too sure which Minister wants to take it on, but either the Minister of Transportation or Minister of MACA. It’s in regard to the Aklavik flood of 2006 in which there was major damage done to the community infrastructure, the roads in the community. There are still issues with regard to access to people’s homes to deliver services in the community.
There were also funds given to this government through the federal Disaster Relief Program to do a
lot of these repairs. The Minister was also talking earlier about drainage studies. That was something that also came up in regard to the emergency that happened in Aklavik and the issues that had to be dealt with.
I’d like to ask the Minister, in light of the situation where we’re realizing that the gravel is essential to communities that have been flooded and flooded previously, and that there’s a need for gravel resources in those communities to deal with the new water treatment plant, replacement of the housing shop that burned down this winter, there is that gravel need. The community is looking at doing a gravel haul this spring, but they haven’t heard anything back from this government with regard to supporting their efforts.
I would like to ask whichever Minister what this government is doing to support the community of Aklavik in light of this emergency measure response and the amount of federal dollars we got to deal with the flood in 2006.