Okay. I am still a bit fuzzy. I heard $235,000 in ongoing costs, but we are still looking for staff costs, Madam Chair?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. McLeod.

Madam Chair, I am sorry if I am not clear on this. The one-time costs are in the budget and the first portion of the ongoing cost of $70,000 is also in the budget. I hope that clarifies that.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Braden.

Madam Chair, what will be the priority assignments for this staff person? Where are we going to begin implementing these new acts? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Madam Chair. This staff person has a very large task in front of him or her. The person would start developing and producing the manuals required as we will need to educate the enforcement officers and the RCMP. We would also have to put together a communication system. This amendment has a number of different areas that they have to educate the public on, the 90-day suspension, the roadside suspension provisions and provisions for impoundment, and also to start developing the impaired driver assessment packages and develop a plan of introduction for a graduated licensing system for new drivers.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Braden.

We are going to get one person to do all this, Madam Chair?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We are introducing one new person to the position. We will be using other staff people within this division.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Braden.

Okay. I am going to ask for one more thing, whether the department can supply it now or as soon as it's available and that would be a timeline and a chart that will help show the implementation plan. Obviously we are not just talking about something that's going to just take a few months. I recall from when we passed the legislation and implementation, we were looking at a rollout of two to three years before most of this was going to be in place. Now that we have got some dollars identified, I would certainly like to see the map of making this happen and the timeline. I won't say that I am in a hurry to see this happening. I want to see it done properly, but I would express some disappointment that we are about a year behind getting this underway. A lot of people worked hard for it and they are looking forward to its implementation. I guess I would compliment the department for taking this most recent information about having to defer back to the groups like Students Against Drinking and Driving and making sure they are in the loop. Those people are critical to the success of this. I would also encourage everything we can to continue to involve them and help them grow across the territory. I sure hope I can see something in this implementation plan that gives those organizations, those students, a real big role in this. They deserve it. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. I will take that as a comment and move on to Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Under road safety, an issue that I brought up a number of times during the last Assembly, safety on our highways, was putting some signs up that informed the travelling public of numbers where they could call in case of emergency and I know there was a movement done on that and there were a number of signs put up, but when they did put them up, I also addressed an issue in the House with the then-Minister of Transportation that you almost have to stop, get out of your vehicle and walk over to the sign to be able to read them because the lettering is so small on them. The Minister at that time had promised me that they were going to look into that. I wonder if there has been anything done in that area. Thank you, Madam Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I also, as the Member, have travelled that road many times and the lettering is a little small, the numbers are a little small. When the signs are to be replaced, we will be looking at replacing them with signs with bigger lettering, larger numbers, so it will be easy to see.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Delorey.

I have to ask how often these signs come up for replacement. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Good question. How often do they wear out? Mr. McLeod.

Madam Chair, this is the first time the RCMP information signs have been put up. I am not sure of the cycle of replacement. We would have to commit to get that information. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess it's an issue that I don't want to drop too easily because I brought it up in the House and managed to get some movement from the department to put some signs up in different areas of where people can phone and the appropriate numbers. Our territory is split up quite a bit. What number do you phone in what area that you are in? For me, it's an important safety issue out on the highway. I really don't think that the signs that are out there right now are appropriate. I would certainly encourage the department to look at them sooner than later in the name of safety. I think it's a safety issue. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. I don't think I heard a question there. So I will move on now to road licensing and safety, total operations expense, $3.236 million.