Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is true. We are not suggesting that this is a $50,000 saving here. It would have been an offset cost if in fact the ferry was still running, but it is not running. It is shut down. In order for us to bring in the equipment and have an ice ferry done at that particular place would cost the department $50,000 with no way to offset that.

In the letter, we suggested that if the oil and gas industry, who are the main beneficiaries here, were in favour of sharing this cost with us or coming forward with an offer to cover this cost, we would definitely take that into consideration. At this point in time, we have no offer from industry to cover this cost.