Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have been speaking with a number of aviation companies located at the YZF. One of the concerns that they have had goes back to a loan that was given out of the Opportunities Fund. The government didn’t do any market disruption analysis or anything, but there are aviation companies in the Northwest Territories, specifically here in Yellowknife, that are going to be in some difficult times with the downturn in the economy. One of the aviation companies was telling me that their lease at the Yellowknife Airport went up 50 percent. It is a tough one to explain to them how their lease would go up 50 percent one month, and then the next month they hear of a $34 million loan going out to another aviation company to help them out. Does the department have any compassion or any heart when it comes to companies that are going to find themselves in some tough predicaments out at the Yellowknife Airport and paying increased lease rates? Thank you.
David Ramsay on Committee Motion 7-16(3): James Gruben Regional Airport Manager Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 26th, 2009. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 7-16(3): James Gruben Regional Airport Manager Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 25th, 2009
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