I must say I am not familiar with all of those beautiful names that just got listed, but I should try to go visit those places. I just want to put on record that I believe the bridge program -- and I think this is to facilitate winter roads -- is an excellent program. It's something that started, I think, on a small scale. I used to sit on GED in the last Assembly and I believe they were, you know, a very small amount of money that started and I really do believe that this is...You know, there's a saying you build roads and they will come. I'm sure they will eventually turn into all-weather roads. I know that in my opening statement I spoke about the how important it is for us to get those roads in the Mackenzie Valley built and to have all the communities accessible. I know that in this House there is a lot of discussion about how much Yellowknife gets versus others and I guess that is a good position to take when you're coming from out of the communities and that everybody's doing their job. However, I think it's also important to recognize when there is money being spent in small communities that Yellowknife Members support such projects.

I'd like to know, you know, honestly, it's very important to say that. There's a lot of money going here for small communities and if the outsiders listen to us, because Yellowknife Members don't get up and talk about how money is going to communities. I don't want there to be an impression that all money goes to Yellowknife and not anywhere else. Thirteen million dollars is not a small amount of money. Highway No. 3 every year, I think, was about $10 million. This is a great start and I want to encourage the department to keep on working on that.

There are other various bridge programs; there's about $950,000 being spent there and, of course, you need these bridges to extend the winter road. I just want to ask, I always believed that Highway No. 3, because it was such a high traffic area, I mean, money was going there not because it was Yellowknife or anywhere near Yellowknife, but that's where the highway was and it is and it always has been the highest traffic highway in the Territories and the money had to be spent accordingly. I would like to ask if it's a safe assumption to say that having finished Highway No. 3 has given the department the capacity to take care of projects like this. Is there any kind of direct correlation to that or the department has...I guess my question is, do you still have the same level of capital funding and now you're able to move your priorities elsewhere such as the winter bridge program?