Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is for the Minister of Transportation. In his Minister’s statement he talked about distracted driving laws that are being implemented. I’m just wondering if the government is going to continue to promote this new law and make sure that everybody knows about it.
Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. The honourable Minister of Transportation, Mr. Ramsay.
Yes, Mr. Speaker, that is the case. We are going to continue to communicate that message to the public here in the Northwest Territories. Obviously the new law comes into place January 1st. So again, I’d encourage everybody to adhere to that new law, and over the holiday season especially if you could take the pledge to leave the phone alone, that would also help. Thank you.
I only have one more question. In the new law will the Minister commit or at least encourage some of the enforcement to be a little bit softened on some of us that are not all trained on the new laws?
I can’t speak for my colleague, the Minister of Justice, or the RCMP for that matter, and other enforcement agencies around the territory that would enforce the new law. Being that it’s new, though, I would imagine there’d be some period of more or an education type of enforcement that would take place so that people know that the law is in place. Certainly I think working with my colleague, the Minister of Justice, we can ensure that that happens. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. The Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.
