Debates of March 11, 2013 (day 22)

Date
March
11
2013
Session
17th Assembly, 4th Session
Day
22
Speaker
Members Present
Hon. Glen Abernethy, Hon. Tom Beaulieu, Ms. Bisaro, Mr. Blake, Mr. Bouchard, Mr. Bromley, Mr. Dolynny, Mrs. Groenewegen, Mr. Hawkins, Hon. Jackie Jacobson, Hon. Jackson Lafferty, Hon. Bob McLeod, Hon. Robert McLeod, Mr. Menicoche, Hon. Michael Miltenberger, Mr. Moses, Mr. Nadli, Hon. David Ramsay, Mr. Yakeleya
Topics
Statements

MEMBER’S STATEMENT ON IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING CONNECTIONS TO SMALL COMMUNITIES

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I was pleased to see the signing of the devolution deal today. I know that over time we’ve always said as our government moves forward that we’ll have more money for our government, but I just want to speak about the things that we do today about flying to the smaller communities. We’re still having lots of different departments, for example, a community like Trout Lake will have three airplanes come in to the community, and we’ve spoken many times in this Assembly about coordinating those visits, even, indeed, with the federal government. It’s about coordinating and saving money for the budget for these departments and overall towards even the federal departments as well.

I just want to remind government again, that we have to coordinate these visits and get into the communities. Overall, we still have to be fiscally minded as we approach this. In the small communities, you see three planes fly in and it’s kind of a shame knowing that they’re all coming out of Fort Simpson and all on the same day, when we can coordinate these efforts, so I’d like to remind government to continue that practice.

Speaker: MR. SPEAKER

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Moses.