MUSHKEGOWUK COUNCIL

GRAND ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION NO. 1987-18

Chief Ernie T. Sutherland Moose Factory Band

Randy Kapashesit -Proxy MoCreeBec

Adopted by Consensus

Certified copy of a

Resolution adopted on: August 20, 1987

SUBJECT: MOOSE FACTORY AIRPORT

WHEREAS the Moose Factory has a zone hospital to service the James Bay Communities, and;

WHEREAS the Moose Factory General Hospital is situated on the island and is only accessible by water, ice road and air by helicopter, and;

WHEREAS all transportation modes including fixed winged aircrafts are necessary to provide adequate access to the zone hospital, and;

WHEREAS Moose Factory currently does not have an airstrip to provide direct transportation by aircraft to those communities on the James Bay coast, and;

WHEREAS the Moose Band Chief has made a request for an airport and has not received a response, and;

WHEREAS the Chief's request is supported by the Jim Uiselt Inquiry that explicitly recommends an airport for Moose Factory;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we, the Chiefs of the Mushkegowuk Council, support the request of the Moose Band for an airport.

August 20, 1987

Kashechewan, Ontario