Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, a year ago today, I stood in this House and asked the Minister of Transportation to change the schedule of heavy wide loads travelling on Highway No. 3 during the morning hours. I pointed out that commercial traffic during this time affects my constituents and people from the Deh Cho who are going to Yellowknife for medical appointments. This morning's paper printed the restricted load schedule along Highway No. 3 and the Ingraham Trail for this winter road season. Between 9:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. heavy loads are allowed to drive between Rae and Yellowknife. Between midnight and 6:00 a.m. these trucks are scheduled to drive along the Ingraham Trail. After I read this, I immediately wrote to the department explaining that this time frame conflicts with all medical travel and public use of Highway No. 3 during business hours. Medical appointments can take up to six months, Mr. Speaker. It takes six months to book and people who do not own vehicles have no choice but to take the bus to Yellowknife. The bus leaves Rae during the week at 10:00 a.m. in the morning regardless of what time the appointments are and returns in the late afternoon, Mr. Speaker, this public transit schedule is consistent throughout the year for the many residents of Rae who don't own their own vehicles. Rae has over 800 households with close to 2,000 people who travel to Yellowknife frequently for shopping, medical needs and for a variety of other services. In contrast, there are only 22 people, federal leaseholders along the Ingraham Trail. The logical time for restricted loads to travel along Highway No. 3 between Rae and Yellowknife would be between midnight and 6:00 a.m. Mr. Speaker, just yesterday I received a call from a constituent. He stated that over the past few days, there have been three separate incidents where members of his family had been sandwiched between commercial trucks. He said that these trucks travel in sets of five or seven and when private vehicles get caught in between them, there is no way out and it is frightening and is a safety hazard. Mr. Speaker, whether it's along the Ingraham Trail or between Rae and Yellowknife, it is not fair that members of the public should be afraid to drive their vehicles along public roads because of commercial truck traffic. That is the reason for restricted hours for wide loads. I urge the Minister to change the hours his department selected for truck traffic along Highway No. 3. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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