Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Last week I made great efforts to represent Fort Liard, the Nahendeh constituents, with Highway No. 7. I would like to continue and
ask the Minister of Transportation about Highway No. 7 once again.
The Conference Board of Canada recently released an article on closing the transportation infrastructure gaps in Canada, and they made note of highlighting Highway No. 7 that’s been closed every year for the last three years for at least two weeks, indicating that it interrupts mail, grocery supplies, as well as disrupting emergency medical services.
I’d like to ask the Minister, I know that last week in Committee of the Whole I made great strides to get commitments to work on the road this spring. However, the second part of my initiative was to get the Minister to raise the issue in Ottawa and also to make it a priority of our government. So when is the next opportunity that he will be meeting with his federal counterparts? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.