Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am sure the Member realizes the difficulty in trying to respond to that particular question. The only possible suggestion that I could put forward is that Members would do whatever they could to support the mission of the government to obtain more funding for Highway No.3 from the federal government. That would, as the Member knows, provide funding that we could apply elsewhere on our highway systems. At this point, that is the only conceivable bright spot in the future that I can put forward as a suggestion of possible further funding.

As the deputy suggested, the funding has to be in such a manner that wherever we save in some regions, we put it towards needs in other regions. I am sure the Members are well aware that the department has been doing this, of course with the input from the Members. It is a necessity to have that input. We must also keep in mind that in order to attract or to put in place chip-sealing on the highways, the highways have to be first brought up to standards to be able to maintain the chip seal. That in itself is not a small project. So if we are talking savings in some area that we could put towards hard-topping or chip-sealing, we are looking at a fair amount before we can have enough to go out and suggest chip-sealing on portions of the highway, without specific amounts that would appear sufficient to attract a contractor. Thank you.