Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I know a lot of the information that the department is using is from a couple of years back. This 40 per cent closure he is referring to, I know in my discussions in the House, that was highway closures is what he is referring to. That might have been a couple of years back, but this year, it was very limited. Like I said, if you take the numbers that were used on the ferry this year, we have had in the neighbourhood of 200 tractor trailers, if not more. In the month of November alone, we had over 120. The reason I know this is because I communicate pretty well with the people who work on this ferry. I was given pretty accurate numbers. It is a shame that we have to cut the service. That is not to mention all the public traffic that was using this. There are a lot of tourists, and a lot of my residents and residents from Inuvik as well who made use of this ferry operation. It is a real shame that we have to cut this department, just to give more to a couple of different departments. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Frederick Blake Jr. on Committee Motion 57-18(2): Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Infrastructure, Deferral Of Programs And Services Activity, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2017. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 57-18(2): Tabled Document 261-18(2): Main Estimates 2017-2018, Infrastructure, Deferral Of Programs And Services Activity, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 20th, 2017
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