Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know it was a comment, but I have to respond to it. As being the Minister of Transportation, I am now going to be the Minister in charge of infrastructure. Our infrastructure deficit in this territory is more than we could ever tackle. I’ve said many times, even at the federal FTP tables, the money that they had allocated for transportation nationally across this country, if they all gave it all just to the Northwest Territories, would never, ever even meet the needs of the Government of the Northwest Territories and the citizens of our territory. These are ongoing challenges. They are always going to be there no matter how we address this; even if we took the Member’s approach to what he is saying. It would just continue escalating. This is what we see as a way to move forward to address the capital needs and to change the Yellowknife Airport and, at the same time, make it into an economic driver for citizens in the Northwest Territories. That does free up other federal pots of money that we can put into all the other communities across the Northwest Territories for transportation and, particularly, airports. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Wally Schumann on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 8th, 2017. 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
March 7th, 2017
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