Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I made a Member's statement on Friday regarding the highway patrol in my constituency. One of the purposes of the highway patrol, created by the Department of Transportation, is to patrol on all-weather highways and winter roads for the purpose of enforcing the applicable acts and regulations, operating weigh scales at site locations, preparing for court appearances, and preparing enforcement statistical reports.

Mr. Speaker, there are eight highway patrols in my area, but I do not see any other patrol vehicles in any other constituencies. I would like to ask the Minister of Transportation, why is it that the highways within my constituency, for example, are the only areas where the highway patrols are? I have, Mr. Speaker, been travelling to two places, Yellowknife and Fort Simpson, and I have not had the opportunity to run into them so I would like to ask the Minister why it is only restricted to certain portions of the Northwest Territories.