With plumbing and drinking water problems continuing to plague residents of Edzo, the MLA for Monfwi has called for the GNWT to declare a state of emergency.

In a sitting of the Legislative Assembly on March 10, MLA Jane Weyallon Armstrong called on Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) Minister Shane Thompson to declare a state of emergency in the community.

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Thompson replied that itSA国际影视传媒檚 up to the community, not the department, to declare a local state of emergency. However, SA国际影视传媒渋f the community wants to declare a state of local emergency, we are more than willing to work with them and explain the process to them,SA国际影视传媒� he said.

Edzo has long grappled with plumbing issues, including frozen and broken pipes. When Weyallon Armstrong raised the issue in the assembly on Feb. 21, she said Elizabeth Mackenzie Elementary School was closed because of a frozen water pipe. She also said that in January, workers at the Jimmy Erasmus SeniorsSA国际影视传媒� Home had to use buckets of water to manually flush the facilitySA国际影视传媒檚 toilets.

At the time, Thompson said his department had no additional funds to help fix the communitySA国际影视传媒檚 plumbing woes. In the legislature on March 10, the minister said his department was currently looking for more funds to provide to the community, including reaching out to the federal government.

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