Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a question that I would like to direct to the Minister of Transportation. Earlier this year, during the summer and fall, I had spoken to the Minister a number of times about the annual contract to build the winter road to Lac La Martre, Rae Lakes. I was under the impression, after I left the conversations with the Minister on this, that any attempts to negotiate a contract had fallen through and that the department was going to go to tender on this due primarily to the cost of building this road. This happens to be an annual event, by the way.
I heard recently, through the grapevine, through the rumour mill, that a new deal has been arrived at between PCL and Nishi-Khon. I would like to ask the Minister if this is, in fact, true and what changed the position from earlier on?