Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I know time with the Prime Minister is important but also time is important with even the Premier, so I just hope that the Premier can at least throw in there really quickly the Tuk-Inuvik highway. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I didn't hear the Tuk-Inuvik or Connecting Canada: Coast to Coast to Coast and also...(inaudible)...too, so will the Premier at least put that as part of his discussions with the Prime Minister? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was going to have a question for the Minister of ITI but I'd like to ask the Premier, I guess. This morning on CBC Radio I heard that he would be travelling to Whitehorse for the Canada Winter Games, but, more importantly, Mr. Speaker, he'll be meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. I'd like to ask the Premier, with this discussion with the Prime Minister, that he would make it very clear that the Tuk-Inuvik highway is very important to the people of the Beaufort-Delta and that he will continue to lobby on our behalf and get the funds necessary. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Honourable Brendan Bell, the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment and Justice, his staff and I visited Tuktoyaktuk, Sachs Harbour and Ulukhaktok in July 2006. In Ulukhaktok we had an opportunity to meet with the hamlet council and members of the arts and crafts committee. We also had an opportunity to tour the Ulukhaktok Co-operative arts and crafts shop.

Mr. Speaker, the local artists in Ulukhaktok are well known for their sealskin sewing, but, more importantly, the artistic value in printmaking. The last number of years the local artists have stopped printmaking because of the condition of the building and the printmaking equipment. During the tour, it was visible the printmaking shop needs a lot of repair to make it viable for the artists to do what they love doing: printmaking, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, since the tour, I'm happy to report that there has been some repairs done to the building, more specifically related to the water and sewer tank repairs and heating system of the Ulukhaktok Co-operative arts and crafts shop. These repairs were paid for by BDIC. The community is very happy with these minor repairs to the centre to date. I thank the Minister and his staff, the department, for finding the funds to do these minor repairs.

Mr. Speaker, I understand that the Economic Development in Inuvik continues to work with the arts and crafts committee in Ulukhaktok to find funds to complete the repairs of the printmaking shop. Mr. Speaker, I am in support of the completion of this project and would encourage the Minister to find the appropriate funds to complete the renovations to the arts and crafts shop. By completing the repairs to the building and printmaking shop, it will bring employment for the people. Employment is scarce in the community; therefore, completing the printmaking shop will bring a much needed economic base for the people of Ulukhaktok. More importantly, it will once again recognize artists for what they can do to become world-renowned printmakers. In closing, I will have questions for the Minister of ITI at the appropriate time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 21, Appropriation Act 2007-2008, and Committee Report 8-15(5) and would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don't think we are getting anywhere with this one, but I will continue to pursue this issue with them anyway. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With that section of the road, would the Minister consider down the road to talk with the diamond mines so they can help maintain that road, rather than getting government to do it all the time? I think if they continue to use that road and we continue to put money into the Ingraham Trail, for us that money could probably be put to use for the Tuk-Inuvik highway and source 177. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With the level of activity the diamond mines use for that trail, has the department ever considered trying to sit down with the diamond mines to get money to maintain that road? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a quick question for the Minister again. It has to do with the $2 million identified for the Ingraham Trail again. The Minister said earlier that one of the reasons why they do that is wear and tear on the road. With the Ingraham Trail, does the Minister put any money into maintaining that section of the trail? Thank you.