Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I indeed have had discussions with quite a number of people: the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, Minister Strahl; I've had discussions with the Prime Minister; I've had discussions with the president of the Gwich'in Tribal Council on that proposal. Initially it was one that was a joint proposal being looked at between the Sahtu and Gwich'in. There have been subsequent changes to that proposal. We've been engaging in trying to go right from Wrigley north and trying to get that environmental work done with the Minister of Transportation. So there's ongoing work in trying to secure funding from the federal government.
The avenue of trying to do that right now is still up for discussion, but I know in the interest and as I've laid out right from the early days of this government that the Mackenzie Valley Highway was one of the priorities we'd like to see some engagement on. So we've been trying to promote that in as many forums and meetings as possible.