Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Before making a decision, I have to get some clarification on some of the points raised by the honourable Member for Thebacha. I, for one, fully support all highway development in the Northwest Territories and have expressed my opinions as such, but I do have some concerns and I will raise these concerns. Hopefully, before the vote, I will get some clarification. Initial reaction was how much would this cost and what would be the impact in cost to this government. Another issue is, since most of this road is in Alberta, how much would the Alberta Government be contributing to the development of such a road? Before supporting this particular piece of highway, I obviously would put my priorities in supporting an extension of the highway from Wrigley to Norman Wells to Inuvik and eventually to Tuktoyaktuk. But, before that, I definitely would like to see an upgrade of the Dempster Highway.
The honourable Member for Thebacha mentioned that it is 72 miles of cut line. We all know what comes next. It is chip seal and paving. Again, those are costly. I would support this motion, Mr. Speaker, if the mover or someone would clarify that this would be done at very minimal costs and would be used as a training project for Arctic College heavy equipment program.