Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, Mr. Speaker, the transportation plan that the territories has in place in its transportation strategy will continue. What we are

discussing in the national highways policy is something that is over and above. This was something that the federal government had endeavoured to undertake with the provinces. They felt, in broad terms, that it would be good for the economy to get this transportation infrastructure upgraded because of the condition that it found itself in. There is a saying that if there are roads the people will use them and it will be good for the provinces. The federal/provincial/territorial Ministers met to talk about this and some plan of action had come about. One of them was to identify highways which would come under this particular policy. I think the territories ended up with some 550 miles of highway which would be reconstructed under this national highways policy.

I think that the territories would continue on in its transportation strategy as it had intended and this would be over and above, should it ever come about, Mr. Speaker.