Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Thursday, November 4, 2010, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that, notwithstanding Rule 4, when this House adjourns on Thursday, November 4, 2010, it shall be adjourned until Wednesday, February 2, 2011;

And further, that any time prior to February 2, 2010, if the Speaker is satisfied, after consultation with the Executive Council and Members of the Legislative Assembly, that the public interest requires that the House should meet at earlier time during this adjournment, the Speaker may give...

Since the Minister has begun lobbying the federal government, when does the Minister anticipate the Environmental Impact Review Board process will be completed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m pleased to rise today and talk about a project of great importance to the members of my riding, and that is the northern section of the Mackenzie Valley Highway from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk.

Mr. Speaker, we endorsed this highway as a priority of the 16th Legislative Assembly and I’d like to congratulate the department for making significant progress. This summer, in partnership with the Hamlet of Tuk, a 22-kilometre access road to source 177 was completed. Mr. Speaker, the road has already provided considerable benefits to the community and it will become the most...

You know, I’m glad to hear the process is moving so quickly. The sooner this project gets completed for the cost of living for my constituents, the cost of food, the fuel, transportation between the communities and all up and down the valley making it accessible for people to take their families out on holidays a lot cheaper. It’s beneficial for the sovereignty of Canada, because I always say I always have all the oil and gas in the northern Beaufort. Will this government receive the necessary permits from the Environmental Impact Review Board? What are the Minister’s next steps in continuing...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today my Member’s statement was on the Mackenzie Valley Highway, particularly the Tuk-Inuvik section. I mentioned that it’s a great opportunity and we made great progress with the department. I want to thank the Minister of Transportation and his department for working so well with the community in the past year. We still have a lot more to do. Can I ask the Minister of Transportation what actions we are taking to promote the highway to the federal government?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I am speaking on the community of Tuktoyaktuk and the shoreline erosion problems that we are having in the community. The shoreline has been in the national news, Mr. Speaker. This government has to help the community deal with the problem which is going to take a lot of work and resources over a period of time.

In my lifetime, I have seen a lot of coastline disappear. Areas where there used to be cabins are now under water. A couple of times a year with high west winds the sea floods the roads on one end of town where the swimming pool and the youth centre is. One...

Thank you. Today, from the department’s work from the federal agency of Geological Survey of Canada, how long does the Minister think that it will take to claim that area, to think is the centre of town? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today my Member’s statement was on shoreline erosion in the community of Tuktoyaktuk. Over the past summer when I was home I was picked up by my uncle, John Steen, and then we went down and I looked at the shoreline embankment. It’s probably about 75 feet total, but the total from top of the soil to the lake, to the Pokiak Lake, is almost 50 feet. So one bad west wind, Mr. Speaker, where the rock ends, it’s going to open up that whole backend of the community where we have 31 units, including the RCMP, and all the units are going to be opened up to the ocean.

So, Mr...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to thank the Minister for that and just remind the Minister that I want extraordinary funding and I don’t want it taken out of the gas tax, I don’t want it taken out of the capital infrastructure, because the community has a big task in itself to keep all the buildings going. But I look forward to his department making sure it gets a hold of the community and myself to do this project. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

That was on my list, I just didn’t read it on capital infrastructure. It’s not enough, we don’t get enough. But with that being said, I’m asking the Minister now for his assistance in the Department of MACA in Inuvik to go into the community and to meet with the mayor and myself sooner rather than later, because of the rock hauling that’s going to be done. Hopefully it could be in this year coming. So what are the chances of that? Thank you.