Thank you, Madam Chair. You know, just in regards to, like my colleague, Mr. Johnson, I am liking the new format of the spending on our -- and I see so much that says Nunakput on it, so I'll be supporting this for sure. And it's good to see. But just a couple of questions I do have with the contracts that we do have out, the numbers I got start off with the Mangilaluk School.
We have a contract that's out. We asked for reports I guess, on who's hired, like for community, because I know there's not too many community hires in the community of Tuk. And it's all seems to be outsiders, so. And we asked for a plan, a scope, business scope for the project and we haven't received it yet from the contractors and it's been going on two years now. I just want to make sure that our government is making sure that they're staying on top of it in regards to getting that plan so my leadership could see it because my leadership's asking me the same thing. So I think if anything I know that the department did go into the community, but I know that they were busy taking a look at the site so they were too busy to meet with my leadership. So I think on the next go around, I think if they're able to come into the community to meet with my leadership through the mayor of Tuk and the hamlet, the community corporation, I think that would be a good thing just to try to work together because it's too big of a project in the middle of a community. It's a good project that's well needed, and -- but I think that has to be done.
Number two, the upgrades on the Tuk-Inuvik Highway. The upgrades that we have, how much -- you know, there's a couple of sections on there where it's flat for the permafrost. It's getting more dangerous. Frost heaves are coming up when it gets colder now; it just pops up out of nowhere. So we're looking at the cost -- how much it's going to cost our government and to make sure that they're, you know, talking with the contractors on that road to make sure that they're doing the sections that mostly needed for safety, public safety, and to keep that road upgraded for years to come.
And our liquefied natural gas. I see it in here for M18. From my understanding that M18 is being put into mitigation in regards to our permission to go on Tuk 71A lands, which were -- our land claim is signed and you're on Tuk 71A lands as being the people of Tuk own that land and access to it -- access to that gas. I want to know where we're going with this in regards with my Minister in regards to seeing what's going to happen. Because if we're a land claim group, we already were signed since 1984. This is a good news story because one, we're going to -- we're going to service Inuvik with natural gas. We're not getting it all the way from BC. Safety aspects on the Dempster Highway. And it creates jobs for the community. But we have to find a way to get and push that issue in regards to making sure that M18 is a go and not being stalled like they did with the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. That's really -- for myself that's like a slap in the face as an Inuvialuit beneficiary that you're on our land. You want our -- and we're going to give you our gas? We're resource rich and cash poor. And our people, we have to work together as a government, with the Inuvialuit, as a community corporation, to get this project off and running in the right direction. So that's all I have to say. But thank you, Madam Chair.