Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m happy the Member supports the project. But listening to the questions she had, I believe I answered a number of them in the hours I spent with committee last week. I think I’ve mentioned the fact that maintenance on that 135 kilometres between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, the estimate that we put out there is about $2 million a year. That was mentioned at committee. It was mentioned earlier today, and I’ll put that out there again for the Member.
She has, I guess, cast some negative aspersions about a project that we haven’t even gotten off the ground yet. All we’re asking for is the $2.5 million to do our due diligence, to do the work that’s going to answer the questions that she has today and she had last week at committee. We’re not asking Members to approve a $250 million project. That’s not the exercise we’re having here today. The exercise we’re having here today is to approve $2.5 million so that we can get the work done that’s going to answer the questions.
Rest assured, we will come back to Members with those answers. We will come back. Before we take any step forward, we’re going to come back to this House and we’re going to have that discussion with Members so that everybody is on the same page, so that we can support the effort to build the highway between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk. Thank you.