Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to have the department supply the Member with that information. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Final Supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Minister responsible for Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my department does have modern vehicles, I suppose you could use the word, and we appreciate that there may be a difference between older vehicles that people drive versus what we drive, in reference to how rough the road may feel if you do not have a vehicle that is up to date. We do appreciate that.

Again, we emphasize that the condition of the road and the condition of your vehicle decides the speed limit that you drive, not what is posted. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Item 6, oral questions. The Member for Range Lake, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just to follow up on the question being asked by the Member for North Slave in regard to the safety of Highway No. 3. I am not understanding what the Minister is saying, Mr. Speaker. Is he saying that when Members of this House, who drive the road every day and come in and say that the road is not safe, is he saying that he is going to disregard the statements from the Member and go by what the department is telling him, which is saying that it is safe?

Is that what the Minister is saying, Mr. Speaker?

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what I am trying to say here is that the department does take into consideration, and I take into consideration, statements made by Members in this House as to the safety of the highways and the condition they are in. We then take that and we compare it to what we have experienced ourselves. We have certain standards that we apply in order to judge whether a road is safe or not.

All we can do then is go back to the Member and ask him for specifics as to the problem that they have experienced. So it is a combination of everything, Mr. Speaker, as to what the department does in the end.

If we feel that it does require more maintenance, then we will do that. We do have standards to meet and we do meet those standards. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Mr. Speaker, the Minister has advised that his staff drives that road everyday. I understand that the Member from North Slave and the Member for Deh Cho, drive on that road every day. Also, talking to the truck operators in town, I am told that there are at least two spots on that road where two trucks cannot pass each other.

Is the Minister aware of that? If he is, would he not agree that that is a very unsafe condition? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. I will disregard one of those questions because it is an opinion. You are asking for an opinion. I think the first portion, if he is aware, would be the question. The honourable Minister responsible for Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my department has not pointed that out to me. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Supplementary, Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. May I get the Minister to commit to asking the staff, his able staff, who know all about every nook and cranny of that highway, ask them if there are two spots on that highway where two trucks cannot pass, and what are they willing to do about it? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Steen, you may answer both of those questions at the same time. The honourable Minister responsible for Transportation, Mr. Steen.

Mr. Speaker, I will attempt to get from the department, for the purpose of supplying to the House, whether or not there is anywhere on the highway where two vehicles cannot pass each other. I presume we are referring here to just normal trucks.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Item 6, oral questions. The Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for that endorsement.

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Mr. Speaker, in regard to information, I know it is going to be awhile before the Minister comes up with a document, but I wonder, in the meantime, especially with the youth, that they are trying programs for students this summer that are out of school. They want to do different things with the youth in the communities so that they can keep them occupied during the summer.

I am just wondering if it is possible for the department to put a briefing information pamphlet, or what not, together to identify specific programs and contact people for those different programs, so we can send it to our communities, so the communities can have this information available and take advantage of the money for this summer. September is too late.

So I would like to ask the Minister, will the department consider developing such a document or an information package, to identify the programs and the contact people and the resources that are there so the communities can access that money this summer?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for Youth, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I do not see it as a problem. I believe we can establish a priority list immediately. We will set that as part of our next task. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Allen. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.