Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to inform the House that later today at the appropriate time I will table the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Report for the year 2002.

I am pleased to report that even with the steadily increasing movements of dangerous goods on our highways due to developments in the resource sector, the consistently low number and minor nature of dangerous goods incidents and the low numbers of summary offence infractions indicates that the trucking industry is moving potentially hazardous industrial cargoes responsibly and safely.

I would like to congratulate the NWT trucking industry for the obvious care it is taking in complying with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1990 and proving that significant resource industry development does not come at the price of compromising highway safety or damaging the environment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.