Mr. Chairman, the previous thrust of the transportation strategy was into major road development in the Mackenzie Valley and in the western Arctic. There was some reference to Keewatin and highways, which I think was unrealistic. There is clearly a thrust within the overall NWT strategy to look at marine infrastructure, particularly in the eastern Arctic, because it is severely lacking that. So in simple terms, that is where the basic thrust was. The need for some small in-community roads that lead to fishing holes that could be used both locally and for tourist operations, whether it would be the Sylvia Grinnel in Iqaluit or Diana River in Rankin Inlet, et cetera, has been raised on a number of occasions by the chairman. What I have asked the department to do is take a hard look at that.
There is some money that was previously allocated in the budget under previous Ministers, but I am not sure it was adequate. I think we have to give some consideration to what we might call "recreational/community road infrastructure." I do not have any definitive numbers here because it would be part of the capital process. The determination of whether it is a priority within the capital process would be by the municipalities, but certainly as a department we are looking at it. As part of the overall NWT strategy, we are looking at the larger highway in the Mackenzie Valley, marine transportation, et cetera. We are talking significant dollars here.