Mr. Speaker, there was a proposal made to transportation ministers of all provinces and territories from the federal government. It came up at the last western finance ministers' meeting and I think finance ministers were concerned about the federal government, once again, coming forward with a program and they were concerned whether the federal government was going to be there after three, four, five, six, seven or eight years.
There was a letter drafted from this western group to the federal Minister and what it outlined were some of the concerns with the new federal program that was suggested.
There was also a meeting between deputy ministers of transportation from the western provinces and the Northwest Territories. I do not think the Yukon attended. That resulted in some further clarification. So, at the present time, there has been a proposal made and there is some scepticism, to say the least, amongst people with regard to the intent of the federal government to get us on the hook and then back out of the funding later on down the road.
I might add, and I am moving in Mr. Whitford's domain here, but his department did recommend to us that the federal proposal was attractive to us, if we could get some real solid, I asked for hostages, Mr. Speaker, from the federal government, so that I would know that they were not going to pull out on us down the road. So it is still under active consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.