Mr. Chair, I appreciate the Ministers’ responses and note the activity could maybe be ramping up in a section in the Fort Good Hope area because of the parcels that are going to possibly be taken by the oil companies. There are already two that Shell is going to be working on in that area. I’m certainly looking forward to the Minister’s announcement if the federal government does help us with some federal infrastructure.

I also see some other issues with the Mackenzie Valley Highway environmental assessment issue

coming up. I want to ask the Minister with regard to the activity and safety of the infrastructure that we are going to be putting on the Sahtu winter road that would secure the confidence of the people who use that road, that this is going to be sufficient and going to be enough to handle the loads of last year, close to 6,000 loads coming in in a short period of time to serve the oil companies. I’m looking forward to some level of confidence and security that the people who use these roads will say yes, there is enough infrastructure, given the money left in the government’s pockets, to ease people’s minds getting on the winter road and not having those thousands of loads coming through with some level of safety. Thank you.