Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister Responsible for Transportation. The Department of Transportation administers a Community Local Access Road Program to provide funds for the construction of roads from communities to local resources.

The residents of Baker Lake have had an outstanding request for an access road toward White Hill Lake for nearly three years now. Although a preliminary planning survey was conducted in 1990, I am told that no progress has been made on the project since then.

My question is, can the Minister of Transportation explain why the Baker Lake project which, apparently, received some priority in the past, has not progressed under the leadership of the Minister from Yellowknife? Thank you.