Mr.
Speaker, my
understanding is that the bread-and-butter issues will certainly go down, in terms of this bridge being put in. We will have a number of factors to be considered, and I would let the Member know that once the dust has settled on this whole issue, in terms of sitting down and going through the exact numbers…. If I quote a number here, it may be taken and used in future discussions. I want to say to the Member and the rest of the House that the numbers that we have looked at…. I want to give assurance to his constituent that certainly, the whole goal is to bring the cost of living down, through this project.
As the Premier has indicated, the cost of the tolls would be looked upon by other resource developments happening in the North Slave Region.
I want to say that in terms of a project of this magnitude, we certainly rely heavily on the federal government. The community of Fort Providence and this government are going after funding in
terms of putting key infrastructure in the Northwest Territories to reduce the cost of living in the Northwest Territories. That is where we will continue pushing on the bigger picture of bringing in some good infrastructure. That will bring the cost of living down for all people of the Northwest Territories.