Hay River North

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Bromley, anything further?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Lafferty.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Lafferty.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. For those responses we will go to Mr. St. Germaine.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

So, Mr. Speaker, I guess the problem with the handi-van in Hay River is the fact that we found an initiative. We actually got some sponsors for the purchase of the vehicle and we got some private funding to start with. We should have first come to the government and begged and pleaded and nailed them to the cross here in this House to get the money. Now that the shortfall is coming, the government still wants to deny their responsibility here. Downloading, yeah, there’s no downloading because you aren’t providing any funding.

I am asking the Minister to commit to looking at all the different...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Hawkins.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Miltenberger.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

All those abstaining, please stand.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

The difficulty with that solution is we are downloading the information to a municipality where some of these services aren’t just a municipal issue. We are dealing with people from Katlodeeche that use the service as well as the fact that this is not public transportation. This is transportation for a specialized group that need wheelchair access, that need low ramp access. So we’re not talking about public transportation, as the Minister indicates from MACA.

Is there a way that we can have all these departments, whether it’s the department for seniors, people with disabilities and MACA, to...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 34)

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Miltenberger, about some of the costs, Internet, et cetera, that Mr. Hawkins was asking about.