Mr. Speaker, I have a return to a written question asked by Mr. Bromley on May 19, 2010, regarding the cost of the Mackenzie Gas Project.

From 2008-2009 to 2010-2011, the government will have approved funding totalling $8.8 million for activities related to the Mackenzie Gas Project. This includes $1 million to participate in National Energy Board regulatory process. The amount, however, does not include the time of other GNWT staff and resources for other activities associated with the project, such as participation and attendance at the Joint Review Panel hearings.

Although there has been limited travel specifically related to the Mackenzie Gas Project, Ministers and the Premier have taken the opportunity to discuss the project as a priority of the government at a number of trips. A summary of ministerial travel that would have had a Mackenzie Gas Project

component has been compiled from the travel report.

Later today, at the appropriate time, I will table two documents, one that outlines the investment by department over the 2008-2009 to 2010-2011 fiscal years, and a second that lists the ministerial travel undertaken to support the Mackenzie Gas Project. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.