Yes, just one final one, Mr. Chairman. I remember last year when we got into capital and I found that Mr. Todd -- when he was the chairman of the Standing Committee on Finance -- decided just like that to get rid of something -- even though a lot of thought, a lot of planning had gone into it -- because there had not been a sufficient explanation as to why we were doing what we were doing. And once he understood, it went back in again, no problem. The concern I have, Mr. Chairman, is that we always want to try to find out why something happens. Why is it that this is happening the way it is.
I know many of the people in the public here, who drive that highway, are aware of the number of people who lose their lives on it or who are involved in rather serious accidents. About 33 per cent of all accidents in the Northwest Territories, on our highways, occur on that stretch of road because that's where the traffic is and that's where the wear and tear is. That's where the problems are.
So therefore, you have an obligation as a government looking after the public trust -- it's one thing that government's do -- to make sure that we provide for the health, welfare and safety of the people that we serve. If that many people who lose their lives were involved in accidents on that one stretch of road, we are responsible. Surely that has to be a priority. You have to have some system for deciding what you do. By comparison, the Mackenzie has got 20 per cent. The rest of the roads -- all the rest of them -- 11 per cent.
So, if we want to get down to specifics and facts, let's look at that one issue of the obligation we have as legislators and Members of this Assembly to concern ourselves with the safety and well being of the people that we serve. And if we don't regard that as a priority, we won't have very much public credibility.