Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize two of our Pages gathered with us here today from Aklavik: Ethan Hartley and Grace Illasiak, and their chaperone Crystal Koe. I’d also like to recognize, up in the gallery with us today, the mayor of Aklavik and former chief, Charlie Furlong, and his partner, Joanne Deneron, and her daughter Kimberly Mabbitt. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to support this motion. I thank the mover and the seconder as well. It’s great to see support from the larger centres.

Our communities that have no RCMP and nursing face enough challenges as it is. Many times we have cases where we wait on the RCMP for up to five hours, sometimes 12, 24 hours. We also have cases in our communities where our own residents are acting like ambulances. We have people going out of their way, which is great to see the community pull together in emergencies, but we have people in emergencies driving our residents to...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to continue my questions to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. I’d like to ask the Minister – as you know, Aklavik is an isolated community – will the Minister work with the community to stockpile gravel in the community to build a parking lot at the Moose Kerr School?

As I mentioned in my statement, the community is very concerned about the safety issues that traffic has on that facility.

Would the Minister commit to having a parking lot in place for this coming fall? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last week I did a Member’s statement on a parking lot for Moose Kerr School. I have some questions for the Minister of Public Works.

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Bill 18, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, be read for the first time.

Sorry, I got mixed up with those two departments, but while the Minister is giving…

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I know the community has been planning to stockpile gravel to upgrade their roads in the community, so is the Minister willing to work with the community to ensure that there are funds available for that? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That sounded like a yes. I’d like to ask the Minister, was that a yes? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

When can the community expect to see a parking lot in place at Moose Kerr School?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This afternoon I wish to mention to the Assembly that over the weekend, February 27th to March 3rd, a very memorable trip took place in Fort McPherson. Fourteen snowmobiles with 18 travelers left Fort McPherson to Curtain Mountain, which is about 170 miles into the Yukon from Fort McPherson, traditionally known as Moses Hill.

The late Chief Johnny D. Charlie travelled extensively in his early years back and forth to Old Crow, Yukon, where the Charlie and Tetlichi family originally came from. Later in his life, he travelled by snowmobile with the younger people, teaching...