Frederick Blake Jr.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is good to hear. If everything goes well with his discussions, will the Minister ensure that heat trace lines are put in in these two locations for next year? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

It is pretty clear that safety is an issue, as we people know who are living just right where this water is flooding right now, Mr. Speaker. You know, this could have been avoided if a heat trace line had been put in these culverts. Whether it is bringing a backhoe there, will the Minister ensure that equipment is brought to this location? That way the people who are living there do not have to use chisels and shovels to do this work themselves.

Will the Minister work with his colleagues in the Yukon to see what they do when they deal with overflow, Mr. Speaker? Because I travel to the Yukon, you know, on a yearly basis and it is pretty clear what they do. They put a heat trace line through their culverts that cause these sort of issues so they do not have these sort of problems.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask some questions to the Minister of Transportation. Mr. Speaker, I brought this issue up a couple of days back, which is the overflow at Georgetown. Mr. Speaker, as you know, with climate change, many of the regions are facing extreme warm temperatures. All this winter, even before Christmas, we have had melting up in the Mackenzie Delta, which started a lot of overflow up in my riding, two locations actually that I mentioned the other day. They are both creating a lot of damage. As you know, the Minister may be aware of all the work that is...

Thank you, Minister Schumann. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thank you, Minister Schumann. Mr. Thompson.

That's all I had for now. Thanks.

Thank you, Minister Schumann. Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just quickly to the Community Access Program. For many years I have always said that it is a great program for the communities. I hope there is no plan to make any drastic cuts to this department in the future. It would have been nice to see an increase in this. I know there is money going to the small communities, but a lot of the communities actually make use of this fund. It would have been nice to see an increase in this as well as the other funds under ECE, but I know I received the majority of those funds in the future. It would be nice to see an increase in this...

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. I will excuse the witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses from the Chamber. Thank you for appearing. There is a motion to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed?

---Carried

I will now rise and report progress.