Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday in this House I mentioned a mini-construction boom going on at the Yellowknife airport. Accordingly, that is not the only thing going at the Yellowknife airport. Mr. Speaker, I have received numerous complaints from businesses and individual constituents about the installation of stop signs at every intersection on the service road at the Yellowknife airport. These stop signs interfere with the natural flow of traffic at the
airport and are not appreciated or thought to be needed by any of the tenants at the airport. In fact Mr. Speaker, I have had several phone calls and cannot identify a single individual who is in favour of this installation of stop signs. Mr. Speaker when this government took over the operation of the Yellowknife airport from the federal government, I had a vision of increased cooperation between the tenants and our government and a meaningful consultation process that would involve the tenants and the operations at the airport. This seems to be, Mr. Speaker, a bureaucratic decision and I cannot find anyone who was consulted on the installation of these stop signs. Mr. Speaker, I stated yesterday, that the transportation industry is one of the positive economic indicators in Yellowknife. I believe that as a government, it is our responsibility to work with industry and not put up road blocks or stop signs that would impede that progress. Mr. Speaker, later on in question period I will be addressing some questions to the Minister responsible. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.