Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The honourable Minister of Transportation, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Department of Transportation has looked at the alternatives for financing the bridge. Our assessment was that given the traffic loads we have right now into the North Slave area and given the cost of either buying automatic equipment or having people who would be there to collect the tolls, would probably cost as much as we would take in in revenue if we were to look at something like $5 per vehicle. If you go much higher than that, Mr. Speaker, then I think people would react negatively to paying a toll. But we don't have enough traffic at this point to make it worthwhile to buy the equipment or having people sitting there collecting the money. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River North, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, has the Minister looked into the benefits that could be realized from projects such as the construction of bridges and the pipe coating facilities here in the North? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Delorey,

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, would the Minister please indicate for this House if he or his department have any direct input into what is included in the socio-economic impact benefit agreement currently in place to deal with resource development in the North?

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Minister Antoine. Your final supplementary, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, would the Minister commit to reviewing all possible options for the inclusion of manufacturing of bridges and pipe coating facilities be included in our socio-economic impact benefit agreement for the North? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Antoine.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is in regard to the statement I made earlier today and, coincidentally, the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment made a statement about the work that the GNWT has been doing with respect to laid-off Con Mine workers. Mr. Speaker, I acknowledge that a lot of good work has been done and the government deserves our thanks for that. I do want to pursue one little aspect of it, and that has to do with the possibility of employing the laid-off workers for cleaning up and reclamation of the Con Mine site, Mr. Speaker. I believe that the question is there are many who might not be able to get a job. They have a certain skill set that could be used to cleanup the Con Mine site, and that could give them transition work until they find some other area of work. So may I asked the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment whether in the Minister's discussions to deal with this issue if any thought has been given to the possibility of using these employees to work at the site until they obtain further work? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I understand that the company has transferred a number of employees to the Giant Mine operation, and I'm not sure what the company's plans are with respect to the reclamation of the site and whether company employees are there for the long term, for the full reclamation project. I understand that some are working on some of the initial work that needs to be done. We can certainly pursue that. Thank you.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe the Minister is aware of the concerns of some of these laid-off miners that the mine site will be closed down and the mine flooded, possibly by the end of the year. They feel very strongly that there's a lot of work that can be done there, and that current employees could be given that job so that for some of them they could extend their pension plan and have some kind of transition work until they find something else that's more permanent. So may I ask the Minister to look into this and see what this government can do to work with the company to make it possible for the current workers to have a job there? Thank you.