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Manitoba MP showing support for petition to continue all-weather road development

 

The Member of Parliament representing Thompson has thrown her support behind an infrastructure petition.

 

MP for Churchill-Keewatinook Aski Niki Ashton has joined a petition calling on the federal and provincial governments to build an all-weather access road on the east side of Lake Winnipeg, following Premier Brian Pallister making good on a campaign promise to dissolve the East Side Road Authority.

 

Ashton explains the situation with the winter road system currently in place and why an all-weather road is necessary.

 

“We know that 21 communities across Manitoba are only accessible by plane depend on winter road travel, which is something that’s more and more at risk, given climate change. We know that these communities are growing; we know that people need access to all-weather road systems so that they can bring in food more easily, materials more easily, and access goods and services more easily. And that really, access to a road is something that so many of us across the country take for granted, but it’s something that should be made available to many communities.”

 

The petition also calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to follow up on a campaign promise he made in September, which was saying he would work with provincial, municipal, and First Nations partners to determine what the right infrastructure is.

 

Ashton added, “Right now, we’re seeing both levels of government step away from northern communities, and we want to say that that’s the wrong direction; that we need the federal government to step up, we need Prime Minister Trudeau to live up to the commitment he made back in September, and we need to see that the goal of building roads along the east side and serving communities across our region that are isolated is met.”

 

More information on the petition can be found here.

 

Photo Credit: Save Our East Side Road Facebook page

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