Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. In my Member’s statement I talked about the issue of dust in the communities of Tu Nedhe. I’m going to ask the Minister of MACA some questions on that. Does the Minister of MACA have data or information on the hazards of breathing in dust?
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. The honourable Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Robert McLeod.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, I don’t have that data but I’ll try and gather it and have a look at it.
I can say that there are a lot of hazards to breathing in dust. I’ll just ask the Minister another question in relation to the dust. Will the Minister of MACA direct his staff to engage the Community of Lutselk’e in developing the project to apply dust suppression on the roads within the community?
With the community’s invitation, we’d be glad to go in there and provide them with some technical advice and assist them in seeing how they can best budget their money for applying dust suppressant.
Seeing that the Department of Transportation, I believe, has probably the greatest amount of expertise in this area, would the Minister ask for DOT, technical support in determining exactly what is needed to complete a dust suppression project in Lutselk’e?
We’d be glad to have discussions with DOT and take advantage of the expertise that they have. Along with MACA, we’ll work with the communities and see how they can best apply it to their roads.
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Final supplementary, Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will MACA staff play a lead role in completing the dust suppression project in Lutselk’e?
We’ll play a secondary role and the Community of Lutselk’e will play the lead role as they have the funding to allocate to applying dust suppressant to their road. We’ll be more than happy to work with the community and identify the best ways possible to make sure they get their roads done.
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.
