Mr. Speaker, on January 8, more than half a century after former prime minister John Diefenbaker talked of a road to resources, our Prime Minister travelled to Inuvik to break ground on the construction of an all-season road to the Arctic Ocean, connecting Canadians sea to sea to sea.
Until this historic highway is completed, cold Canadian winters continue to provide infrastructure opportunities for ice roads to service remote northern communities.
No government has made such significant investments in Canada's north as our Conservative government has. This $300 million all-weather road to the Arctic hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, is just one example of a commitment kept to those living in Canada's northern frontier.
While this Conservative government stands in solidarity with the north, the soft-on-Canadian-sovereignty leader of the Liberal Party refuses to say if vast offshore territory in the Arctic belongs to Canada. Clearly the Liberal leader is in way over his head.