Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the department has considered options for funding and it is not just on the short-term or through programs that we have going right now. I feel there is a good possibility and I am still optimistic that we could get a favourable response on, and that is the Non-Renewable Resource Strategy, Mr. Chairman. In there is funding identified by the department for the highway needs all the way down the Dempster, down the Mackenzie Valley, and also Highways No. 1, No. 2, and No. 7.
We have good potential there if we can encourage the federal government to adopt that program and fund it. I am optimistic that there is going to be a favourable response. Until the response comes I am going to keep hoping that it is going to work. The Member is correct in that there are pockets of money here and there for training, but I believe that the whole Non-Renewable Resource Strategy identified all those potential funds and training programs. Yes, we have in a sense considered other options. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.