Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate the Members’ comments on our budget. It’s important for us to hear Members’ concerns.

I know we had a good discussion today about the Inuvik-Tuk highway during question period. I’m sure there will be more questions as we get into some of the detail. Although there is no money per se in the budget this year for the Inuvik-Tuk highway, I would be more than happy, under the highways section, to answer any questions Members may have. It would be very interesting and maybe I’ll just put this out there. Any questions, I am very curious to know what we haven’t told Members, what we haven’t come forward with during the briefing that we had with Members. If Members have any questions, we would be more than happy to answer them. I think we need to ensure that Members aren’t left with the feeling that we’re not telling them something. I’d like to know that if there’s something we’re not telling them about the Inuvik-Tuk highway, what exactly is it? We’ll get you the answer. There are a lot of unknowns. If those questions point to something that is an unknown, we’ll tell you that it’s unknown. But I think we’ve been forthcoming, we’ve been upfront with Members and we will continue to be upfront with Members.

This is a big project. It’s building this territory. It’s connecting Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, a road coast to coast to coast. It’s a big, big project. It’s something that we need to make sure that we get it right. We need to also ensure that we are answering every question that Members have. We certainly don’t want any Member feeling like we are doing things behind their back or behind closed doors. That’s not the case. Once we get the agreements and approvals from the federal government and we get the deal put together, the public will know what exactly we’re proposing and, at the end of the day, that will be discussed on the floor of this House. Decisions will be made whether or not to move the project forward. Members will have every opportunity to ask questions about the project and, at the end of the day, whether they support the project and however it ends up falling out, we piece it together, that’s how that will work. Again, I look forward to questions. We’re here to answer questions, so I look forward to that.

I know there are some other issues that came up. We’ll get to those through the detail. I’m very thankful for MLA Bisaro mentioning the Deh Cho Bridge. That was a big day for us. We are glad that she and some other Members could be there on the big day when we cut the ribbon on the Deh Cho Bridge, got it into service and are collecting tolls on that key piece of infrastructure here in the Northwest Territories. With that, I’ll look forward to the questions as we get into detail. Thank you.