Mr. Speaker, this type of roads would handle these vehicles that are used on the arterial highway. Thank you.

Supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this collector type of road has a design standard with a maximum speed limit of 60 kilometres per hour. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In the 1990 study, there was a report on all-weather road access from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, which considered three alternate routes ranging in length from 140 kilometres to 175 kilometres. According to the study, it was preferred to have the 160-kilometre road for a number of different reasons. The length of the winter road between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk is 185 kilometres. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Steen.

Mr. Speaker, tendering the contract through the BIP policy does not do the equipment operator any good. He doesn't get hired. By the time the process is through and the contract is over, that is the time you can see whether or not the contractor did hire local people. It doesn't force him to hire local people; it just punishes him if he doesn't. That doesn't put money into equipment operators' pockets. We have heard from Mr. Morin just recently, Mr. Speaker, that we have the highest number of trained equipment operators per capita. That is true. We will also go through the process of spending a large amount of money training these people further in Fort Smith. We don't seem to be getting any benefit out of it for the equipment operators. There are a number of equipment operators who have been trained for the Beaufort Sea oil and gas projects who are out of work and would be happy to take a seasonal job. That is the other thing about this, Mr. Speaker. These are seasonal jobs and if they don't get the benefits now, these guys are without work all year.

So my question to the Minister of Transportation is how is he intending to put these equipment operators to work before the season is out. How is the contractor going to be made to fulfil that obligation?

Minister of Transportation, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Referring to the question of Mr. Ootes yesterday, the reply by the Honourable Stephen Kakfwi was in the Hansard. It was more of a hypothetical type of question in that no names were mentioned. What I have asked the department to do is find out if there is such a situation that exists out there in this year's contracting and try to find out the specifics of this particular situation. If there is such a situation, I have instructed the department to look into it and follow all the different policies and regulations we have to try to resolve the problem, if there is such a problem.

Supplementary, Mr. Steen.

Thank you. Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the tender documents now, it is very specific on how work has to be carried out. I am very sure that all the very strict conditions are being adhered to. I would be prepared to look at this situation and find out all the details about it and get back to the Member with whatever the department has discovered. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was requesting, Mr. Speaker, to return to recognition of visitors in the gallery.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. I have already reminded the Members that while question period is on, we should carry on with question period until it is over. Then we will allow you to have unanimous consent. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Krutko. I am sorry. I said Mr. Steen and it is Mr. Henry.

Minister of Justice, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I indicated to the honourable Member, I advised the Legal Services Board of the concerns that were brought forward by the honourable Member. To date, I haven't had a report

back on what took place during that meeting or the outcome of that meeting, but I will find out and advise the Member accordingly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.