Mr. Speaker, I take it that in terms of waiting for the federal government to have a favourable response in terms of our business case, as the Minister said, in terms of building the Mackenzie Valley Highway we’re sort of waiting to see what the federal government is saying, which they aren’t saying anything. I guess I’m asking the Minister in terms of going to the federal government specifically to Minister Strahl with the other aboriginal groups, people of the Northwest Territories, to say that we have an interest, there are other ways that we want to construct the Mackenzie Valley Highway. I’m very happy to hear that they are doing other work. I’d like to see in the budget a budget line item that says the construction of the Mackenzie Valley Highway, environmental baseline, regulatory issues. I know the Minister is going to have some thought to this, but I’d like to see it somewhere where it shows that we see this as a priority and the federal government starts to see this as a priority.
Norman Yakeleya on Question 131-16(3): Funding Sources For Mackenzie Valley Highway
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 131-16(3): Funding Sources For Mackenzie Valley Highway
Oral Questions
February 15th, 2009
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