Thank you, Mr. Speaker. From what I’ve been hearing on the ground, is an actual royalty rate has been negotiated and signed off between the territorial government and the IRC. I have yet to hear what that final number is and I think the public deserves to know. Also, why isn’t the government negotiating a zero royalty considering two things: first of all, this road is, in essence, at the request of people in that region, which I think is a reasonable request per se, but by the same token will this philosophy apply to every single new highway established here? Are we setting a dangerous precedent when we consider the Mackenzie Valley Highway, the Tlicho winter road alignment and so on?
Robert Hawkins on Question 44-17(4): Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 2013. See this statement in context.
Question 44-17(4): Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway
Oral Questions
February 10th, 2013
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