Why must 77 percent of our residents wait for an essential service? How does this project not fit with this Assembly’s goals and objectives? Does the NWT coroner have to again tell us that this service is needed? Do more residents have to die because 911 is not available in an emergency situation? Just one more death is one too many, in my estimation.
The government is now developing the 2010-2011 operations budget and it’s time to allocate the funds required to start a phased implementation of 911 service. If safety really is a priority for this government, then the recommendations from the city’s 911 report must be enacted in the next year.