Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Member for his question. Mr. Speaker, the department is in the process of sending to Cabinet and then for tabling in this House a highway strategy within the next few days. Within there, we identify those routes that we plan to address over the next few years. Not one of the routes is specifically identified as the road to resources. That is simply because all our roads lead to resources. So it is really hard to identify any specific one as the road to resources.
However, in our strategy, we do identify improving Highway No. 4 and also we have some plans that we are working with industry at this point as to how we may be able to take over the operation and control of Lupin winter road into the mines. This is a strategy that is still under development and still has to be approved by Cabinet, but it is one of the options that we are considering. It is part of the highway strategy.
At this point in time, we have not addressed any thought towards putting a road down the North Slave as the Member suggested. This does not limit the ability for anyone to bring forward these suggestions and have open discussions and dialogue on future routes. As the Member suggests, maybe this would be the road to resources from their perspective.
What I am saying here, Mr. Speaker, is the department is open to all suggestions as to where our final route of an all-weather road would be into the North Slave Geological Province. The only route we have addressed at this point in time is the winter road. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.