Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect, and congratulations on your appointment as Speaker-elect for the Legislative Assembly. During the recent federal election, there was commitment made by the new government that's coming in now, of $147 billion in infrastructure spending for the next eight years, I believe it is. We have a lot of challenges here in the Northwest Territories. We have some projects we need to do on the go, especially transportation projects such as the Mackenzie Valley Highway, which I think is needed and long overdue. We have roads to the Tlicho and we have a road to the Slave Geological Province.
I would like to ask the Premier candidates, what would they do to foster our relationship with the new government and ensure, when the funds are distributed across the country, that the Northwest Territories ends up with the funds they need to address a lot of the needs that we have? Thank you.