Mr. Speaker, washing our hands of anything is not something that we do. We provide money to the communities to look after their infrastructure. They have that authority. It is an authority that a lot of communities have wanted. We will work with the communities as far as coming up with the plan. We are always willing to work with the communities, Mr. Speaker. For us to come back and say, well, we are going to do this, I think it defeats the purpose of devolving a lot of responsibility on to the community. So, Mr. Speaker, the communities have it within their means to implement 911 service when they feel it’s a priority in their community, and safety is always a priority. That’s why we’ve had some communities say that they want to enhance their ability to respond to accidents before they have 911 services in their communities, because all of us in here know somebody or have had somebody that could have used this service, but right now some of the communities want to be able to build up their emergency services before looking at 911. Thank you.
Robert C. McLeod on Question 148-16(4): Implementation Of 911 Telephone Service
In the Legislative Assembly on November 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 148-16(4): Implementation Of 911 Telephone Service
Oral Questions
November 2nd, 2009
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