Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was told to say that I was grovelling for gravel or something like that.

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Mr. Speaker, I did raise the issue of infrastructure, devolution and so on with the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister, of course, is not as familiar with the specifics of our needs here. I did mention the Mackenzie Valley highway and the Inuvik-Tuk road and the need for infrastructure in order to be competitive with the rest of the world, whether it is on development or tourism or cost of living.

Mr. Speaker, I also took the opportunity last week when I had a meeting with Minister Prentice in Calgary to raise this one, as did representatives from Tuk, the mayor and the deputy mayor. Like I say, the federal government has said that that particular road is on the short list. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.