Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There is a national committee struck to deal with the need to improve roads and reconstruct old roads and new construction of new roads. My department is party to that committee in which each jurisdiction will contribute to the fund that the NWT, might be able to tap into to properly reconstruct or pave roads for the NWT, thereby assisting my department to deal with the problems of washouts, new road construction and rehabilitation of the old roads. All the provinces will be contributing to that fund.
Also, the territorial transportation strategy is being looked at by premiers and also other Transportation Ministers of the country, because we do contribute quite a bit to the economy of other provinces in terms of purchases from other provinces, and also shipping is very important to the Northwest Territories and other provinces.
Transportation Planning, Total Capital, Agreed