Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,
I have been dealing with this issue with Grand Chief Joe Rabesca for a number of months now. Their last meeting was in mid-September and at that time the Grand Chief had also requested some funding for the airport that they are attempting to build in Rae-Edzo and requested some financial assistance. What the department had asked him to do is to see if our officials in the Department of Transportation could work with their officials to determine exactly what stage in the whole airport development they are at. From there, we will determine what the cost of this whole initiative is going to be so that we have an idea of what type of funding is required to build this airport. However, at this point in time, we are still in that type of mode. We need to know from the work that is supposed to get done by these people that we are tasked with, and once they come back to us, we will have a better idea what it is that we are dealing with. At this point in time, we have not really committed any funds to do any work there yet, but we still are wanting to explore what we are dealing with first, before we make any decision in that matter. Thank you.