Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Those were your general comments. Mr. Minister.

Does the committee agree we take a short break?

I call Committee of the Whole to order. Members, what is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Well, I do have Mr. Patterson’s permission to discuss this in public on the floor, because we have exhausted every other possible avenue. Mr. Patterson has come here. He’s met with the Minister of ITI. I have sent numerous correspondence, letters, texts and e-mails to Mr. Miltenberger about this and I have not got satisfaction. This is where we are today out of desperation, because we cannot get a satisfactory solution to this problem.

Last week Mr. Patterson called me and offered to cobble together a $15,000 payment on this outstanding debt if he could just get out there, get this approved and...

Agreed. Thank you. We’ll do that after a short break.

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Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Ramsay.

I call Committee of the Whole to order. We have a number of matters before us. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Minister Ramsay.

From anything that I heard, and I don’t pretend to be a professional or extremely knowledgeable in this area, however, from anything I heard, the time between getting people from the International Airport to the hospitals that are in city centre, basically, was a concern. The time factor, if weather was an issue, the ground transportation, these were all concerns. If there is an alternate landing site for medevacs coming out of the North, will the Minister ensure that he puts his voice forward in promoting something that may well be in the interests of Northerners travelling?