Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So this government doesn't have any effect on the price of gas in communities where there are private companies that deliver fuel. Does this government realize any revenue from any portion of the price of gas at the pumps?

Would it then be in those communities that the government is subsidizing the rate of gas at the pumps?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday, I had questions on the price of gasoline to the Minister responsible for petroleum products. Today I have another question for the Minister. Does this government have any control over the price of gas at the pump?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, honourable Members. This morning, I would like to speak about people travelling on the land. This time of year, there are many people who prepare for spring out on the land, travelling and taking part in their traditional activities. Many people from my riding in the Inuvik area and the Delta at this time of year, prepare and are travelling to their camps and will stay out at their camps for the spring break-up.

This time of year is also dangerous during the spring breakup. I would like to send to the people travelling out on the land a message of safety to prepare well because we can never tell what Mother Nature will do.

I also have my parents travelling out on the land preparing for such a time of year. I have relatives back home doing the same thing. I wish them the safe spring season and hunt. I would also like to send greetings back to my family in Inuvik. Thank you.

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Yes.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Will we report progress? .

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a little more than that. Is there any work going on now with the federal government, or any talks at all about trying to improve the situation?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before we go through this area, in the Minister's statement he had made a remark of where we are building our transportation system to our economy; build it one piece at a time. I would just like to throw in a little thing here. We are building access roads and so on and paving existing roads that are there. Is there any time in the future where we will be looking towards possibly heading the highway up further north, direct from Yellowknife? The northern end of the NWT and Inuvik is linked to the Yukon.

Mr. Chairman, I feel it is an important part of what is to come with division and the western NWT, or what is left, to have a solid link. We are building roads in different areas and paving others. I wonder if it is time to start thinking of changing our focus to make the Western Territory more united. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On a clarification, winter road improvements, Mackenzie Highway, various, Inuvik region, what area is that?