Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the department would be glad to respond the Member's question and affirm that we do consider cuts every year on Highway No. 3. We consider cuts all over, but then we respond to the traffic volume. We definitely consider cuts to Highway No. 3. It is just that we do not put in place any obvious cuts to Highway No. 3, but it is not just certain sections of the highway that were being cut in the department's budget.

We have been asked, along with every other department, to reduce our expenditures. We have done that and we have tried to spread those reductions all across our operations, highways, airports and ferries. It is not just highways. I hope that my response to the Member will be taken as that we do consider cuts to Highway No. 3.