Thank you, Mr. Chair. I agree with the Member for Mackenzie Delta; Highway 8 does need a lot of work. Something I’d like to see maybe come in the business plans is money that’s earmarked for maintenance on Highway 8 every year. How that money is used, I think, is in most cases up to the regional office. I would like a directive to come from the Minister’s office that dust control be an absolute priority for next summer
because — you’ve been on the highway in the dust — it’s just unsafe, unhealthy driving conditions. I just wanted to add my voice to that.
Also, looking at the ’09–10 reduction proposals, I noticed there was an amalgamated position of customer service coordinator and secretary into a new position of administrative clerk, and one position is to be eliminated. I’m not quite sure, and I think that’s going to be my question.
I have had a couple of inquiries from folks in Inuvik who work for Transportation. I know there are two of them who have been given letters. They were going to create one position and have these two basically scrap over the one position. I was quite concerned about that. Maybe this is not the one in Inuvik, but I know there were a couple of people in Inuvik who were given affected-employee letters. I just want to know, if that’s the case, if it’s for this year or next year, or if this is it right here — the amalgamation of the two positions.