Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, one of the biggest challenges we face in our communities is the cost of transportation from our remote communities to where the activities and developments are taking place so that we can get people from the workplace back to their homes and ensure that we as a government are able to assist there. One thing that I am very annoyed about is that this government seems to be off there talking with people in Ottawa, talking to the provincial leaders. But when it comes down to the people in our communities they are the ones that at the end of the day are going to feel the social and economic impacts that come with this. Where are they in this picture? For some reason, in talking to people in the communities I have heard that they feel they are being left out. These decisions are made at the top and whatever decision is going to be made, the people at the bottom will be the ones impacted.

I think as a government we have a responsibility to ensure that we maximize the benefits of these major developments. We have to do more to ensure that the residents of the Northwest Territories and people in our small communities are a part of it.

With that, I will be asking the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development questions on this matter later. Thank you.