It was odd and it left a lot of questions unanswered. Mr. Speaker, I can appreciate, I really do appreciate the fact that the Deh Cho Bridge Corporation is in negotiations. Those numbers, those details are secret right now. But what this motion does, Mr. Speaker, is it asks the government, before they enter into any agreement that's going to bind the next government and every government for 35 years after that to spending public funds, it should come back here, it should show us what the potential impact is on the cost of living in Yellowknife, the Tlicho communities and the Akaitcho communities; it should also show us what the total cost is going to be of this bridge.

Mr. Speaker, we've never had a debate and that's the sad reality of this. This government, the 15th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, has never had a debate about a Deh Cho Bridge, not since I've been here. Hopefully this motion today will get out there, it will allow Members to stand up to talk about the Deh Cho Bridge, and that's a good thing, Mr. Speaker. We're here, these are public funds, we need to have some accountability, it needs to be as transparent a transaction as it possibly can be.

I would encourage Members to support this motion. Again, it doesn't say don't build the bridge. It says when you're done negotiations, come back to us. Let us see what we are getting ourselves into. I don't think that's too much to ask, Mr. Speaker. So with that, I'll close with these opening comments. Thank you.