Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I'll speak really quick. I rise to also give support to my colleague in the Sahtu region. We're talking about the fuel crisis at issue that was brought into the community for the Sahtu region on an annual basis, but to pay $6,000 for a fuel tank is just -- it's just not acceptable. Beyond our control through climate change, this year the water levels are really down. Because of that, MTS was cancelled and all the barges that were earmarked for the Sahtu region or to deliver fuel and groceries and all the goods and services have been cancelled. So, Mr. Speaker, the -- and on top of all that, there was a forest fire in the Sahtu region that, you know, had a huge impact in the Fort Good Hope area. And while that was happening, it also took up a lot of the fuel that was needed in the -- from Norman Wells to Fort Good Hope and so on. But right now, the high costs the GNWT replace the fuel that's in this community just to get us by until the winter road kicks in. But right now, Mr. Speaker, it's -- to pay at a higher cost and then pass on those costs to the consumers in the Sahtu region is just not right. It doesn't sit well with me. I'm deeply concerned about that. And at the same time, you know, we have to figure out a way as a government to step up to give support to my colleague in the Sahtu region and all the members that are there. Sometimes we have to put our differences aside, and we have to come together as a government to give support. And with that, Mr. Speaker, I will be supporting the Sahtu region. Mahsi.
Richard Edjericon on Recorded Vote
In the Legislative Assembly on October 17th, 2024. See this statement in context.
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