Mr. Speaker, I am frankly surprised that the Minister feels that members of the Arctic Winter Games International Committee, who are recommended and appointed by the Government of the Northwest Territories, should be immune from any influence from the Government of the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Speaker, in light of the fact that in the past initiatives of this government, including Greenland and the Soviet Union in the Arctic Winter Games, have resulted from active involvement of the Government of the Northwest Territories in the Arctic Winter Games through the representatives on the international committee, would the Minister reconsider the position of the Government of the Northwest Territories that the government should not provide advice and direction to their representatives on the international committee in future? Thank you.