Thank you, Madam Chair. As most people are aware, a government does multiple things at a time. Supporting and advocating for one project does not mean that we are not doing others. I would completely agree. COVID has highlighted the lack of infrastructure and the have and have-nots of our territory. I 100 percent agree with that. However, Internet is actually in the Department of Finance; it's not my department. However, I do continue to work with my colleague on that, because there is a bit of an overlap in that area.
I would argue back, for your comments regarding the project, I mean, we have large portions of the Mackenzie Valley Highway already completed. The environmental assessment is for the bridge on the Mount Gaudet access road. These have created a lot of employment. We have had capacity-building projects as part of this. Canyon Creek was a great example of that. We are going to continue to go forward and do small portions of projects that have an overall larger overarching theme. As a government, we need to create the infrastructure that we are lacking, and we have to start somewhere. The best time to have started these roads would have been 20 years ago, but we have to start at some point, and we can't leave our communities stranded.
We all sat around, these 19 people, and we took a vote. It's well-noted that those three projects were not ones that you wanted included in that. However, as everybody likes to say, it's consensus. We had a vote, and they were included. I am sure that the Premier is taking note of your concerns around the mandate and priorities and will take that into account. Thank you, Madam Chair.