Calvin Pokiak

On to page 8, Human Resources, directorate, not previously authorized, $96,000.

Mr. Ramsay.

Government accounting, not previously authorized, $19,000.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member’s statement today, I talked about the water quality in Tuktoyaktuk about an elder’s concern about the chemicals, especially chlorine and fluoride, added into the water treatment plant. I have a question for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, the Honourable Michael McLeod. What sort of training does the hamlet maintenance staff have in regard to the water treatment plants? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is this intensive training in regard to the certification they are receiving? How long does it take? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Before I begin my Member’s statement, I would like to send a birthday wish to my brother Frank Pokiak in Tuktoyaktuk and also to Therese Voudrach.

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Mr. Speaker, just prior to me coming down to attend the Sixth Session of the 15th Legislative Assembly, a well-respected elder from Tuktoyaktuk spoke to me regarding the water quality that is delivered to the residents of Tuktoyaktuk. He is concerned with the chemicals added into the water; for example, chlorine and fluoride.

Mr. Speaker, this elder remembers long ago when everyone would haul water from nearby...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. After the water is treated, how often do they check the levels of chemicals that they put into the water treatment plant? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the Minister providing information but again, I think, this is a gravel source that’s really required by the community and I think it’s really important that if government wants to help people build pads and build roads, access roads and stuff like that, I think for the community of Tuktoyaktuk, this is one issue that’s really important to their hearts and that it’s really important that they find the funds for the allocation from Tuk to Inuvik, the 22 kilometres. Thank you, Mr, Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to ask the Minister, has the government decided which priorities are in place right now with regard to spending that money and is the access road to source 177 to Tuk one of the highest priorities? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Premier, yesterday in his sessional statement, indicated the Mackenzie bridge would proceed as planned. Once again I feel the Beaufort-Delta has been left out on major projects. However, I stand here today to lobby and ask the government to allocate $15 million to construct the 22-kilometre access road from Tuktoyaktuk to source 177.

Mr. Speaker, the mayor of Tuktoyaktuk and members of the Tuk Highway Committee and I have met, on numerous occasions, with Premier Handley, the deputy minister of Transportation, and recently with DIAND Minister Prentice, to lobby and...