Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are talking about highways in general. The department, as everybody knows, is working towards hard topping the highway from the border to Yellowknife. Those other highways that are heavily used are normally calcium-applied for dust control. If the Member is referring specifically to the highway in his region which is the Dempster, at this point in time, the department is working towards widening that highway, and we are applying dust controlled-calcium in those areas that are critical at this point in time like approaches to the bridges or approaches to the communities. We are also, at this point in time, considering whether we can afford to put or apply more calcium to the Dempster.

Mr. Speaker, as all the Members know, whether the department is going to be able to have more funding to apply more dust control to the highways, we are also competing with the funding that the House has been directing towards the social programs in the last couple of days like education. The government needs direction as to what the priorities are. Right now there is no doubt my department places a high priority on dust control. But again, it depends on how much money we are given to do the job with. Thank you.