Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the time that I have been the Minister of Transportation, I have attended meetings with my provincial counterparts. We have put forward recommendations that the federal government put in place a national highway infrastructure program. This would allow us to accelerate this program so it is possible that we could have this section of highway completed in five years, rather than ten.

That is our hope right now. We have not heard anything negative. We have heard only positive support from the provinces. Actually, we are supporting each other because the provinces have the same problem.

So that is what the plan is right now, to accelerate it. We cannot accelerate it more than what we suggest at this point in time, which would be five years, because, the indicators say there is not enough heavy equipment in the Territories to handle an acceleration program that is faster than that. We would have to import heavy equipment. Contractors would have to import heavy equipment, which would mean less benefits for the local contractors. That is how we look at it.

However, if this House gives us the money to do the job faster, and if they want us to do the job faster, we will do it faster. That is what is controlling us right now. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.