Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am from Fort Providence and I certainly can share a lot of the issues around the closing of the ferry. It's actually something we have all grown to expect and we've seen and we all have our share of stories about how people have been stranded. We are hoping when the bridge is done, we will alleviate that whole issue. In the interim, we certainly welcome the recommendation made by the Member to post a sign so that people are not caught or don't have their radio on or don't phone the 1-800 number or don't check on the Internet. We don't want to see people travelling all the way to the Mackenzie River Crossing, to find out the ferry is not running.
We have had a sign for some time on the south side, at the Enterprise turnoff. We were able, after reports came forward, to access a lit sign and we have located that just on this side of the airport leaving the city of Yellowknife. We will again take the Member's recommendation. It's a solar-powered sign, so we can move it. There is a good point that there is potential for some traffic to be leaving the airport and not see the sign. We don't want that to happen.
On the issue of the airport operation and maintenance, I am not sure of the hours the Member is looking at. There was some discussion and we had planned to change our hours of operation. In the last while, we have had discussions with all the airports, all the operators and some of the carriers, and we've decided to set up our hours of service as published to accommodate all the scheduled flights. So I am not sure of the document the Member is looking at, at this point. We adjusted our hours so we can accommodate all the airports in the South Slave, as to the flight schedules.