The Member is talking about the Transportation Strategy that I was speaking of earlier. I do believe that we do need to get there. I also talked about the Economic Opportunities Strategy that’s very important to getting us to where we need to go, as well as the Mineral Development Strategy. I think those three things are key to the economic success that this territory could have, and I certainly look forward to working with the Member and other Members of this House.
The opportunities in the Sahtu, I’ve said it before, are immense. It’s got to be sustainable and the benefits have to be given to residents of the Northwest Territories first and foremost. The Mackenzie Valley Highway is a big piece of this. It’s a big piece of the Transportation Strategy. It will go down the very middle of our territory and connect us from north to south. It also will be the fibre optic link and that transportation corridor could be a possibility, as well as the Mackenzie Gas Project.
We have lots of opportunity in front of us and I do think that working together, we can get where we need to go. For us, the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway is the first step in the construction of that Mackenzie Valley Highway. We’re very anxious to move on that, to get that started, get it complete, and I do believe there’s going to be a number of opportunities and the Mackenzie Valley Highway is a big, big part of that.