Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a few questions for the Minister of Justice. During my last tour of my constituency, I visited the RCMP in Aklavik and found that they actually don't have a boat in the community, which, as you may know, is isolated for a good portion of the year, mostly during the summer. If there's any search and rescue or issues like that, how will the RCMP respond? I'd like to ask the Minister: what are the plans for getting a boat for the RCMP in Aklavik? Thank you.
Masi. Minister of Justice.
Mr. Speaker, I understand from what the Member has said is that there is no boat at Aklavik. I understand that there are several boats in Inuvik. I can look into this for the Member, but I don't have any information before me. Thank you.
It's good to hear that there's a number of boats in Inuvik. So what's the Minister's plan? Is he going to transfer a boat to Aklavik for the RCMP there?
Certainly nothing will be done before the ice goes, but --
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I think that's mainly an internal issue for the RCMP to determine the allocation of resources. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
We have less than two months here to figure out a solution, otherwise, as the Minister identified we'll have no ice road to actually ship the boat over. We can bring it over in the summer, but then we won't have a trailer to take the boat out of the water. Will the Minister ensure that by the end of the ice road season there is a boat in Aklavik for the RCMP, in case we have an emergency over the spring breakup? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
I don't really think I can make that kind of a commitment. Again, it's an internal matter for the RCMP to determine the allocation of resources. I will, however, look into it and get back to the Member.
Oral questions. Member for Nahendeh.
