Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the past year, the department has had some discussions and meetings with federal officials on what programs they have available to us to access funding for an all-weather road over and above the existing highway systems.

As Members know, we have had some success with the federal government in putting some funding forward to upgrade our winter roads in the Sahtu. We have also had some discussions with the federal government on possibly joint venturing or cost sharing for a road in the Beaufort area as well.

Beyond that, we have not had any discussions with the federal government towards any other all-weather roads. I would presume that the Member is referring to a road in the Dogrib area. We have not had any discussions with the federal government on this at all. Thank you.