Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I, too, will be supporting the bill because I think we were faced with a challenge that certainly none of us wanted to be in, because when we first had some discussions with the Deh Cho Bridge it looked like it was good plan to go with and plans that probably would have worked out very well for the Deh Cho Corporation that involved the community of Fort Providence, members in Fort Providence, the Metis and the First Nation, the band.
Mr. Speaker, when things have gone astray or offside there, we had to step in in terms of how do we keep this megaproject on the go here. I think that the government has shown that there are some things that certainly needed to happen in terms of not pulling the piers out of the water here, so to speak. We had to do some things that are not very popular with some of the Members here in terms of how we go forward.
However, I’m saying this in terms of the principle, that this is a project that is only $182 million, in terms of when you look at the scope of us building and taking on… We talk about the Mackenzie Valley Highway, $1.8 billion. When you look at that in comparison to what we have here in the Northwest Territories, this certainly, and Members have given some really good questions to the government in terms of how this project is being put forward, that we take this as a real learning experience in terms of how do we go forward with the megaprojects.
So the point that I want to go is there are other bridges to be built in the Northwest Territories. This is one that takes a lot of energy. We’ve got some other major projects that we want to look at, so I hope that the government is paying close attention in terms of where the issues are with the Members in this House here in terms of putting major
infrastructure in the Northwest Territories and we go forward again. So I have no problems in terms of supporting this bill at this time.