Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last weekend I had the opportunity to drive the Mackenzie Valley winter road with Minister Ramsay. Over 700 kilometres through God’s country makes a guy feel a little poetic. I want to share with my colleagues here today some of the things that were going through my mind.
Almost heaven, just past Wrigley, Mackenzie Mountains, Deh Cho Big River. The roads get rough here, rough as any seas. Holes and bumps and ridges, spilling coffee on my knees.
Winter road, get me home to the place I belong. Sahtu country, Great Bear River, get me home, winter road.
All the oil companies gathering up there. The ice couldn’t take it, trucks waiting in Nahendeh. Lots of big loads heading north for resupply, it’s a race against springtime under the northern sky.
Winter roads, get me home to the place I belong. Sahtu country, Hare Skin River, get me home, winter roads.
I hear the geese, way down south. Now as they call to me, make me daydream, about blasting and plucking this May. Bouncing down the road I get a feeling, the all-weather road highway should have been built yesterday. Yesterday, Mr. Speaker.
So with that I’d like to say thank you to Minister Ramsay for braving the winter road with me and I hope, now that he’s experienced it he will agree that we need an all-weather road yesterday. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.
