Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since the Minister refers to getting proposals from the oil and gas industry and saying they are beneficiaries, all residents of the region would be beneficiaries. As soon as the costs go up in Inuvik, they spread out to the communities. That is a transportation point to the rest of the communities in the Delta.

The Minister is saying that they cannot do it this year, but I would like to know what the cost is per day of operation once the ice starts to form, and maybe at that point look at why we cannot get Inuvik's ferry running longer than the cut-off date.