Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I stated earlier in reading the committee's report, we were expecting some information on the differences that were in the capital plan. I did not receive a package. I do not know if it has been delivered to the committee or committee members. I am unaware of it at this time. It is unfortunate.

It means that we are going to have go with a little more detail as we discuss the capital situation. But Members in general know that the Department of Transportation is a vital part of our government in the network that it provides throughout the Northwest Territories, when it comes to marine, air and road transportation.

The concerns that were shared in a number of areas, and we heard it in the House on a number of occasions, was trying to balance out volume-based formula with a need to make sure that the Northwest Territories as a whole remains strong and that we can build a strong territory together.

Needless to say, there was much discussion in the committee. Hopefully, we will be able to go through this department and see what important areas and initiatives are being undertaken. I am sure that the department will listen with interest when it comes to the highway and the Mackenzie Valley pipeline being built together. There has been discussion by the aboriginal groups that they would like to see this happen.

We know if we look at the highway system purely as a capital project, that the Mackenzie Valley Highway is estimated at the $700 million figure. That is our whole budget as the GNWT, and would not be accepted in a sense of a large scale project to be done in a short number of years.

Instead, Mr. Chairman, I think the door has been opened. We should at least investigate and see if we can start something on a small scale, maybe bring some private sector partners into this and then truly build a linkage north to south and east to west, as they say.

As well as opening the doors to tourism and remote communities, it would also open the doors to the resource potential that lies within many of the lands that are taken up by the land claim organizations, as well as those still available to the government overall.

There has been a bit of concern, and hopefully the department will address some of the concerns the committee raised as we go through the capital plan, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.