These folks have issues of medical transportation that a person next to Edmonton could never understand. It's one of the debates that's going on right now, so it's absolutely essential, and I can't make it strong enough. Regardless of what impacts it has on me personally, it's absolutely essential that this committee not recommend pushing communities that communicate better with the Northwest Territories to be with a suburb of Edmonton.
On February 7th, 2013. See this statement in context.