Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department feels that there is a vision. At the present time, the vision consists of the present winter road and it could eventually be developed into an all-weather road into the mines.
The vision also takes into consideration the fact that there are communities in the North Slave and somehow they would have to be involved in the route. Whether there is going to be two routes or whether there is going to be one route, this is something for the future.
Like I said, there are a lot of factors governing where these routes are going to be. One of the specifics about the route right now, the North Slave Geological Province is serviced by an all-weather road that is not controlled by this government. It is there already. Part of our vision is that Northerners control this route, that aboriginal companies and aboriginal people take part in maintaining the route.
If it eventually becomes an all-weather route, aboriginal people and aboriginal groups would have the opportunity to take part in business ventures to construct this route. If, in fact, there is a route through the North Slave communities, the same applies. So there is a vision. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.