Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I can commit to looking at providing some lighting to the Frank's Channel Bridge, do some cost estimates. It will enhance the safety of traffic passing through that area. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Final supplementary, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. So far I'm hearing good news. That's good.

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Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. My final question: Would the Minister also work with his colleague, the Minister of ITI, to look at whether the upgrading of the Behchoko junction would provide opportunity to locate a bison interpretive centre there? Mahsi.

Going into a different line of questioning, however, I'll allow the Minister to respond. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I can confirm with my colleague that is part of the plan once we start getting power to that area, that we can accomplish this project. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Thebacha, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, my questions are directed to the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, and a follow-up to my Member's statement about the work being done by proponents out of Alberta looking at the dam on the Slave River and the fact that they are now moving into the Northwest Territories, at least into Fort Smith and I would assume other communities. I'd like to ask the Minister what the intention is for ENR in terms of making sure that they are at every table that this project is discussed at. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. The honourable Minister responsible for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are a number of issues that are happening in Alberta that are of real concern to us in terms of water quality and quantity, the oil sands and issues around Bennett Dam and also this new project that's coming onto the horizon. There hasn't been an application formed yet. In the last while, we've made contact with the federal Ministers, the Minister of Natural Resources and also the Minister of Environment, indicating we really need to have a face-to-face meeting, some discussion over some of these issues. We've also contacted the Government of Alberta and we've received response confirming that we will have a meeting with the Minister of Environment, Mr. Rob Renner, and that will happen shortly after session is done. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, Alberta has now advanced right up tight to the 60th parallel with this proposal. I'd like to ask the Minister if he would consider writing to the proponents to invite them up to this Legislature to brief the Members on this project and its potential impacts and what timelines they're looking at. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. McLeod.

Certainly, Mr. Speaker. We'd be glad to do that. We are in the process of requesting some additional information and a meeting with the proponents. We'd be glad to expand that once we get a better handle on what the project actually is and some of the timelines around it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Final supplementary would be in terms of timelines, the need for some urgency on this given the shortness of the life of this Assembly and the fact that there are other items on the go. I'd like to ask the Minister if he could give me a sense of what time he would envision this to happen. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. McLeod.

Mr. Speaker, we've heard from a number of communities in the Northwest Territories, especially in the southern area of the NWT, Fort Smith and Resolution, also the Deh Cho has raised concern about water quality. I'm sure that concern is right across the North. We would be quite anxious to have a meeting to have a better understanding of where this project is. As to specific timelines, I'm not sure I can commit to that, but we will ensure that we will work as fast as we can on this issue. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I noticed in the main estimates there was no new money for wildlife renewable resource officers. With the increased pressures out there to protect the caribou, I'd like to ask the Minister of ENR how the government plans to control caribou hunting without adequate law enforcement. If there is no more enforcement on the ground, we don't know what's happening to the caribou and where they are going. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Minister responsible for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr. McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we do have some new money in the budget. We have not gone through the budget review yet. The Minister of Finance indicated that we've got some additional dollars for caribou surveys and we also have some new money for the biophysical assessment. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.