Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for Transportation. We have heard a lot about Highway No. 3. I for one know what potholes are all about, and what it means to have to do with less, realizing this government has a responsibility to maintain highways in the Northwest Territories, which is a lot bigger than Highway No. 3.

Mr. Speaker, we have eight major highways at this time. We have to maintain Highway No. 1, Highway No. 2, Highway No. 3, Highway No. 5, Highway No. 6 and Highway No. 7. That is not counting the winter roads. I think if we are going to look at having problems in one area, we have to look in the context of the whole Northwest Territories. Mr. Speaker, we have some 2,177 kilometres of roads to maintain in this government. We are talking about 100 kilometres of road here.

I want to make sure the Minister realizes the resources this government has is limited. I want some assurances there will be money there to maintain Highway No. 8, the Dempster Highway, and it is not all put into one highway system. Will the Minister make a commitment to do that?