Michael McLeod

Mr. Speaker, I’d like to point out that in order for us to have meetings, we need both parties to engage. We had agreement already. We waited seven months. Our technical people were not able to coordinate their schedules. It’s difficult. We have to make decisions. We have to plan our budgets. We have to be able to sit down and look at the realistic challenges and see how we can overcome, before we can start planning anything. If there’s still desire from the communities we had talked to, I would be happy to meet with them.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can assure the Member that we did have discussions. In fact, he was there. We certainly did engage in some discussion with the communities about runway length. This has been an ongoing issue for some time and we have not had any further discussion prior to the ones we had where the Member was in attendance. We have received some correspondence since then. We have made some commitments to do some further investigation and we were not able to engage for several months. Since then we have received information in written form and we will be responding to them.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can assure the Member that we did have discussions. In fact, he was there. We certainly did engage in some discussion with the communities about runway length. This has been an ongoing issue for some time and we have not had any further discussion prior to the ones we had where the Member was in attendance. We have received some correspondence since then. We have made some commitments to do some further investigation and we were not able to engage for several months. Since then we have received information in written form and we will be responding to them.

Mr. Speaker, further to my Return to Written Question 2-16(3), I wish to table the following document entitled Summary of Marine Supply - Petroleum Products.

Mr. Speaker, further to my Return to Written Question 2-16(3), I wish to table the following document entitled Summary of Marine Supply - Petroleum Products.

Apparently a response to that letter to us is being drafted as we speak. We will be reinstating a number of issues that we had discussed. There has, however, not been any further discussions, as we had agreed to have our technical people sit down and explore what the options are out there. We still have the same concerns about extending the runway further than the 3,900 feet. It will cost a lot more. We haven’t explored to see how much that is, but it’s in the millions of dollars. There are other issues that come as a result of that, and we wanted to have an opportunity for our people to work...

Apparently a response to that letter to us is being drafted as we speak. We will be reinstating a number of issues that we had discussed. There has, however, not been any further discussions, as we had agreed to have our technical people sit down and explore what the options are out there. We still have the same concerns about extending the runway further than the 3,900 feet. It will cost a lot more. We haven’t explored to see how much that is, but it’s in the millions of dollars. There are other issues that come as a result of that, and we wanted to have an opportunity for our people to work...

I’d like to recognize a number of people from my home town of Fort Providence who are here for the first time, I believe, to watch the Assembly in action. We have Chief Berna Landry. Welcome to her. Some elders: Daniel Squirrel and Sam Elleze. We also have Irene Lafferty joining us and Michael Vandell is here, president of the Bridge Corporation. Victor Tambour is also somewhere in this building. I’ve seen him around. Also I’d like to welcome my sister-in-law Melody McLeod and Carter, who is here to witness his grandfather in action.

I’d like to recognize a number of people from my home town of Fort Providence who are here for the first time, I believe, to watch the Assembly in action. We have Chief Berna Landry. Welcome to her. Some elders: Daniel Squirrel and Sam Elleze. We also have Irene Lafferty joining us and Michael Vandell is here, president of the Bridge Corporation. Victor Tambour is also somewhere in this building. I’ve seen him around. Also I’d like to welcome my sister-in-law Melody McLeod and Carter, who is here to witness his grandfather in action.

It’s a relatively simple situation, where one vehicle had a safety inspection and the other one didn’t. We approved the registration of the vehicle that had the safety inspection, and we required the other person who came forward to go through a safety inspection. And we did put the policy together to define what that would mean.