Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don’t know if Mr. Bromley is rubbing off on me, but I stand here to support this motion today, mainly because in my travels on the land, I see all the erosion happening in the last number of years, especially over the summer with all the rain we’ve had in our region in the Beaufort-Delta.
It’s very important that we start planning all our major projects to do with erosion and all the other effects of climate change, water levels rising, dropping in many areas, like Mr. Bouchard of Hay River mentioned, the dredging that’s needed. Also, along the Mackenzie River, as well, the water levels are extremely low. A barge had to turn around on its way down the Mackenzie River due to low water levels this fall. I’m sure we’re going to hear about that this winter, all the added costs to that. It’s time we start preparing, building the infrastructure that’s needed, whether it’s a highway down the Mackenzie Valley, to prepare and come up with other options that are needed due to climate change.
With that, I’ll be supporting this motion.