Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs and it is, again, with regard to the Arctic Winter Games. Madam Speaker, in international Olympics or even the Commonwealth Games, communities are informed probably five to eight years ahead about which community has been successful in being selected. That is required time for them to put in the infrastructure and organize the necessary volunteers, and everything else involved in order to be successful in hosting the games.
There is usually also a time lapse, so that if they don't think they can meet up to standards, they still have the option to withdraw and allow another community to host it. I would think that process is also used by the Arctic Winter Games. Ian Legaree and Don Cooper are both from Yellowknife and they are both on the selection board.
I know Don Cooper used to be one of the lawyers in this Assembly and he knows a lot about conflict of interest rules. So, I'm just wondering whether or not, in this case, the two members who are serving on the board and representing the Northwest Territories were there to make the decision to select Yellowknife, or if they withdrew because of the possible conflict they might have.