Mr. Chairman, first of all, let me say I apologize if I confused people with these numbers. That was not done intentionally. In terms of where the money is coming from, just to be clear, the fuel resupply money from Public Works and Services is $50,000; the transportation assistance program is $24,000; the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation are putting in $20,000 to move in housing units; and that makes up $94,000. Then, on top of that, it is estimated we need $101,000 more. That is what is asked for in this supplementary, so the total amount is $195,000, but we are only making a commitment for one year.
The other factor we have to take into consideration, and timing is important in here, is we are negotiating with a company that is committed to doing oil and gas exploration work in that area. Looking at how we handle this thing this year, it makes sense for us to ensure that there is a winter road going in there this year to cover our needs, plus to also continue negotiating with the company, either to pay a share upfront or through some other arrangement, to pay a toll, or whatever it would be, but have some arrangement where we would jointly, as Mr. Steen says, we jointly have one road.
It just would not make a lot of sense for us to have a cat-train go in there and then have the oil and gas company come along later and make another road. This seems to suit everybody's needs best. If next year there is no exploration activity in that area, then we have to look at a different scenario again and probably look at something to what we had. However, we have to deal with this year by year.
This year is a bit of a unique one, because we do have the company that is doing work in there, and we anticipate being successful in our negotiations, but we cannot count on that yet. If we are successful, and to whatever amount that is, that is what would lapse here. Thank you.