Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The benefits of this project, perceived or tangible, have been well outlined already by the Minister and my colleagues. There are one or two things in here that I would like to underscore. As a Yellowknife MLA and somebody who is, by and large, I could say I have really enjoyed my voyages on the two different ferry boats I have recollection of and the occasional trip over the ice road, and as my colleague, Mr. McLeod, the Member of Deh Cho said, it will change forever. Part of our northern psyche and our sense of isolation, there is an aspect of that as far as our connections by land with our neighbours south of the lake and then to the rest of Canada, that will change.

It is something that we do look forward to, though. In the last few recent years, the city has experienced a number of disruptions, not just due to freeze-up and break-up, but low water situations, Mr. Chairman, that with climate change, global warming and these kinds of things, seem to be more volatile and will be more of a frequent situation we will have to deal with. Having a bridge will virtually eliminate that kind of concern. As Ms. Lee says, this is also going to impact tourism and, with the combination of a completed surfaced road between here and Rae and the rest of Canada and a bridge, we are indeed going to become a new and a fresh destination for rubber tire traffic in the summer. It will open up avenues of tourism across at least the southern Mackenzie regions and I would even say that would go as far as the Fort Simpson and Liard regions because RV travellers are a pretty mobile, nomadic bunch, Mr. Chairman. They want new destinations and by this new infrastructure, we are going to provide it.

I would offer one flag of warning that has come through in discussion with the business community and that is on the cost of the toll on the commercial traffic. I agree that this is a realistic and fair and viable way of paying for this. The numbers that have been given us so far are estimates. We are told they are very conservative estimates. This information has been transmitted to the business community here and they are, to my understanding, quite accepting of it and trusting it. I think there is going to be a very keen eye, Mr. Chairman, placed on the costs and the amount of the toll that's going to be assessed. We know through working on the bill that we are going to get annual reports that deal with this kind of thing. There are going to be quite adequate provisions for notice of any change that may become necessary or that the Minister may deem required. So there are conditions in here. Of course, nothing is guaranteed but I think the bill does cover the concerns or at least that will allow concerns about any increase in the tolls to be addressed quite forcefully and we will deal with that when it comes, but in the meantime, the benefits of this, the anticipation of it, the impact that it will have on this region and especially for the people of the Deh Cho and Fort Providence is a very welcome one. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.