Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To the Members that feel we’re rushing into this, this project was initiated by the leadership in the Beaufort-Delta, by the Inuvialuit, the community of Tuktoyaktuk and the Town of Inuvik. The PDR work was done and it was initiated by the region. It was a regional effort to get the PDR work. That work was done by the communities that are up there. If we have a $150 million commitment from the federal government and it’s a priority of the government to build the highway between Tuk and Inuvik, what do Members want us to do when we have opportunity? Do they want us to sit on our hands and not take that opportunity, or do they want us to do something and move things forward?
This is an effort to make progress, to move forward, to get the work done so construction can start on the highway between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk this coming winter. That’s where we’re at and that’s what we’re asking Members to support.
To Ms. Bisaro’s comment about answering questions, I’d be more than happy to answer any questions and we can go back and forth. Ask me a question and I’ll answer it and then we can get that done. Let’s get it done. I want you to have the comfort that I have answered every question that you have so that we can move forward. Let’s do that. This is the forum we can do that in, let’s do that. Thank you.