Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I clarified yesterday, the department was put in a situation where we had more than one request to access that particular quarry site. We then had to take into consideration the amount of material in there, whether or not there was in fact a management plan for that particular pit, and also our future plans for the needs from that pit.

We have to keep in mind that we have major resurfacing of the Inuvik airport to come forward, maybe next year. We also have some resurfacing to do on Highway No. 8. We had to take all of this into consideration as to whether or not we could allow access into that pit at that time. The department decided it was prudent for them to put in a management plan for that pit and until we have one, we did not permit anyone access to the pit. Thank you.