Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just would like to make a couple of comments in this particular area. First of all, I just want to say that we have been quite successful in the Inuvik region and have been receiving probably more traffic than most other regions in terms of tourism. I do not mean total numbers, but people actually using the highway system. I know that there does not seem to be a great deal of commitment financially to address the possibility of putting more dollars into the Inuvik area, either in terms of improving the highway or looking at infrastructure that could accommodate the tourist industry. I am not so keen, Mr. Chairman, to have this government necessarily spend capital dollars as opposed to assist the possibilities of the community providing the necessary financial arrangements for community investment, or private investment in these kinds of facilities. I would still ask the Department of Transportation to respond to the development of the highway system, so that it does at least meet the standard that is set in the Yukon. I am talking about the Dempster Highway in this case. I am not talking about all of the paved highway between Dawson and the border or into British Columbia or into Alaska. I am more concerned about making sure that we meet the needs of the tourist industry and the tourists, and this allows for new dollars to move into the economy of the Northwest Territories.
I wanted to ask the government to consider how we might be able to deal with the matter of trade with Alaska, or business relationships with Alaska, leading us closer to the Pacific rim countries. We always seem to focus on going through British Columbia or going through Alberta to meet those potential trade relationships, but we never look at trying to deal with Alaska. In fact, it is closer in many respects to the Pacific rim and the Soviet market. I hope that we are looking at addressing those particular matters in the context of capital expenditures.