Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transportation. The question I'm about to ask, Mr. Speaker, is of great interest to my colleague from Deh Cho, because he will be travelling the highway this weekend, going home.

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My question to the Minister, Mr. Speaker, is why is it taking the Department of Transportation so long to maintain the road over the last two weeks? We had a number of snow falls, and it has been extremely icy and dangerous over the last two weeks. Why is the department taking so long to maintain these roads? Thank you.