Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have not had an opportunity to sit down with Cabinet and discuss the approach we will use to try to obtain our share of the $150 million in funding that has been allocated for highway infrastructure.
However, as a department, we have taken on the initiative of trying to obtain the support of the smaller provinces, such as Prince Edward Island, and try to work out a strategy together as to how we can approach the larger provinces for support.
For example, have everybody agree on a base formula for dividing up the $150 million. A base amount to each province or territory, and from there divide up the rest based on either populations or length of the highway in specific jurisdictions.
We are still waiting for a response from Prince Edward Island, but that is the approach we are using at this time. No doubt I will be sitting down with Cabinet as to how exactly we are going to do this, once we receive some kind of response from the provinces as to how they intend to approach this as well. Thank you.