Mr. Chairman, just in closing, these numbers don’t work for us. Certainly, they work against us in terms of the cost-benefit analysis, P3 and the revenue and putting up a huge infrastructure such as the Mackenzie Valley Highway. You know, unless we have a real kind heart down in Ottawa that says we’ll give you a certain amount, billions of dollars, to build this Mackenzie Valley Highway, I think we have to move beyond this type of thinking. It has to be a political move in lining up with the northern agenda of this government, in terms of sovereignty, in terms of a whole bunch of other things that would make this highway a reality. If we were to go on the numbers and what it’s going to cost us and the small amount of impact that it’s going to have, we’re not going to do it. I think we have to move outside this realm and we have to move it to a level of sovereignty and security and other issues that the federal government will say yes, we want to spend money on this road and let’s get going. The $1.8 billion is not much when you look at the whole big picture of infrastructure in Canada, so we have to have more discussions at a different table. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Norman Yakeleya on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 18th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
October 17th, 2010
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