Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have many Members on this side that have had a briefing on this project, and I am alarmed to hear that in fact, it may even be more than ten years. This is in light of the fact we do not have full production of diamond mines. We only have BHP. We will hopefully have Diavik coming in the very near future. We also have Winspear on line. This little road cannot handle one mine during the winter road season. This road cannot wait for ten years.

I hear over and over again that we have to ask the federal government. I want to know from the Minister, what has he done in the whole time he has been in his office? How many meetings did he have with the federal Minister of Transportation? What is he doing to lobby the federal government for additional money? Is he just waiting for the budget to come out? Thank you.