Mr. Speaker, the Lupin winter road exists today. It is used by industry today. It is maintained by industry today, but there is a limited amount of northern control on that route. We are trying to encourage more northern control and more northern involvement on that route. I, as a Minister, also realize the Member's concern that we are concentrating on this route rather than concentrating our resources somewhere else on other routes and to other roads into our communities.

Mr. Speaker, I wish to assure the Member that, as I said, if we were to take over control of the Lupin winter road, it would cost this government nothing. That is the intent of the department. It would still allow us to concentrate on roads into communities and to have resources to continue what we are doing right now in maintaining the existing highways system. Thank you.