Wendy Bisaro

Thanks, Mr. Hawkins. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Neudorf.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Next on the list is Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thanks to the DM for that explanation. I think I totally understand. I heard him say that we had an increase of about $529,000 through the fees and licensing and so on, the revenue from those. Then we increased our toll permits about $3 million, it looks like, $2.7 million. I guess the numbers do add up. It’s about $3 million difference in revenue in total. Okay. Never mind. I talked myself out of my question.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Ramsay.

Mr. Chair, thanks to the Minister for finally acquiescing and agreeing that we complain to him. I’m not proposing that the government implement a service, but I think the government has a bit of a responsibility to assist the community or communities that do want to try and put the service into place. I appreciate the Minister’s position here. As long as some support is provided, I think that’s fair.

The Minister mentioned ground ambulance. I was going to wait for the next page, but I will mention it here. It’s kind of all part of the same thing. I wanted to just point out that the Minister has...

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Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a couple of comments here. I’ll start where Mr. Dolynny left off with the Mackenzie Valley Highway, the road from Inuvik to Tuk. I, too, am concerned. I appreciate that the Minister has advised that we haven’t got a decision yet, but we also don’t yet know the total cost of the project. Sometimes I feel that we are heading pell-mell down a road without considering what’s at the end of the road when we get there, and I just want to say that I am extremely cautious about this project. Once bitten, twice shy. And the Deh Cho Bridge, having gone through the Deh...

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Ramsay.