Dredging remains a responsibility of the federal government. I see our role as being one that continues to push the federal government to reinstate a program like they had prior to 1994 when they had a multi-million dollar dredging program here in the Northwest Territories. As I mentioned to the Member earlier, even a small-scale dredging program is going to cost somewhere between $2 million and $3 million. Full-scale, you’re looking at probably $12 million to $15 million for a full-scale dredging program. Those are capital dollars that today we just do not have, and again, it’s not currently our responsibility, but we do have a responsibility to impress upon the federal government the need and the requirement to dredge a port like Hay River and others in the territory.
We will continue to impress upon the federal government the need to get a program back up and running here in the North. In discussions we’ve had previously with the federal government, dredging has come up and we continue the dialogue, but we haven’t seen any funding yet. We will continue to push the federal government for funding for dredging here.