Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I certainly want to encourage the Minister and his department to start looking at new and different options. It seems like we are stuck in the same rut. We are talking about the same issues over and over and getting the same response that there is no money, when in fact, there are many different initiatives we could look at.

Under the environmental concerns, I want to raise the issue again that I raised in the House regarding the ice bridge at Fort Providence. It is more and more becoming an area for a potential disaster. We had a close call this year. There is a need for highway patrol and enforcement in that area. I had asked the question to the Minister and he had indicated he would look at that seriously. I want to remind the Minister that we have on average 13 to 15 accidents on the highway with the bison and we do not have any highway patrol there to enforce the speed limits.

Has the Minister given some thought to the idea of having a highway patrol officer located in the community of Fort Providence?