Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have an agreement with the government of the Yakutia, Sakha republic for an exchange of technical information on building codes and building technology, areas in which we are perceived by circumpolar countries to be one of the most advanced in the world. We have an agreement with them, and the federal government funds the majority, $1.3 million for three years, to carry out this agreement. That's how that village was built over there. As well, there is now an airport and air terminal building being built.
It's a good agreement, and it works well. It creates jobs for northerners to go over there.
From time to time, we do get requests for Ministers or elected officials to travel, but I've been there already. It's really nice and the people are really nice. Next time they request that, I will make sure to invite other Members to take my place. I know Mr. Whitford has volunteered. Mr. Antoine, you may like to see that place, how that program is carried out, and how those people live. They are aboriginal people as well, and they are not much different from us, except they are living in the 1940s and we are living in the 1990s. Thank you.