Thank you, Minister. Member for Yellowknife North.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to switch gears a little here. The ice road to the diamond mines, does the Department of Infrastructure have any role in that? Do we pay for that? Can I just have an understanding of how that works? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, we don't.

Thank you, Minister. Member.

Okay. Well, that's that, I guess. My next question is rather specific: this is the section of the GNWT that does all of our leasing. It controls our building infrastructure. It also is the section of the budget that retrofits our programs. I think we own three large towers in downtown Yellowknife. We rent the other three. We are by far the biggest landlord in Yellowknife. We give all of this money to Northview. We don't dip it. I have a lot of problems with that area, but I only have about 10 seconds left. Can the Department of Infrastructure look into a district heating system for all of the giant towers which we either own or rent in downtown Yellowknife? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We have 23 energy strategies, and there are priorities in there. One of the priorities is to increase the use of biomass. I think the Member has bugged me about this question before. I know the answer, and that's why I'm able to say it. We have a target of 40 percent. Right now, we are at about 25 percent. I agree that we're getting there, but we're not quite there. It takes time and money. That is something the department is working on. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I have some questions about the Tlicho All-Season Road. I was in the last Assembly, and I am sorry to say that this is the first time that I've ever heard that the highway doesn't actually go to the community. It comes as more than a bit of a surprise. I am furiously trying to look at the environmental review board website, and I do see a map here showing the Tlicho All-Season Road going up to a point that is outside the community boundary. Is there actually a road, then, that is going to go from the end? Is there a road already in place from the end of the Tlicho All-Season Road into Whati? Is there a road already there? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes. This Tlicho All-Season Road is a two-lane, 97-kilometre road that's meant to get to the access road. Once you get to the access road, that brings you into the community. Yes, it all connects. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Of course, I have never had a chance to go out there myself. What kind of condition is that access road in? Thanks.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. If I remember correctly, it was the Rae Access Road, and we have blocked that road off for construction. Nobody could go in there unless you are an essential worker or part of the group that is going in. It is from the Rae Access Road, leading into the community of Whati.

I think the question was the condition of the road.

Okay.

To Whati.

To Whati? Okay. I did say Behchoko. Thank you, Madam Chair. I am going to ask Mr. Loutitt to answer that because I thought it was: the road is there, and then we are at the access road. I have not been to the access road part, so Mr. Loutitt can speak on what the condition is. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Deputy Minister Loutitt.

Thank you, Deputy Minister. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. It was a lot of back and forth to find out that we are building a road, a highway, that does not even go to a community; it goes to a narrow, windy road that needs to be upgraded to actually get into the community. How did we design it? Sorry. I am just a bit astounded that we could actually develop a project like this without actually developing the last, it looks like maybe, 15, 20 kilometres into the community. How do we go forward with a project like this without building the last bit into the community? Thanks, Madam Chair. Sorry. I am a bit surprised at this, having sat through the last Assembly and only finding out now that we are not even building a road to a community. Thanks, Madam Chair.