Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to begin, I have one of the communities in my riding, which is Tsiigehtchic, who I’m sure would really enjoy having an airport. They’re one of the very few communities in the Northwest Territories that don’t have that luxury. Hopefully, within the next couple of years we could see that in the budget.

We do have the community of Aklavik who is hoping to, in the near future, have an extension on the airport, on the airstrip there. I know it was planned, I think, a year or two ago. I’m not sure what happened there, but I’m hoping that we could get that into the budget, hopefully, in the fall. I know it was done in Fort McPherson. I know the

community of Aklavik would really appreciate if we could extend that airstrip.

Also, in Inuvik this past winter we’ve had a number of planes that couldn’t land due to the conditions of the airstrip. I’m hoping that we could increase the funding going to that community so we could ensure the safety of our residents. One thing I’ve noticed while flying during the winter is we don’t have any current technology that does de-icing of the planes. It’s mostly done manually. Within the near future here I’d like to see us getting with 2012 here and getting the proper technology to de-ice our planes. Thank you.