Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to conclude my topic on my earlier questions on capital projects to the department. I believe the department indicated this project is on going and considered under operations and maintenance funding to the hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk. As such, it is the responsibility of the hamlet to handle this particular situation with federal fisheries. I would just like to point out, Mr. Chairman, this particular type of situation, I believe, plays a big part in the hamlet's financial overall.
If the hamlet finds themselves in this type of situation whereby they would have to, in order to continue with the project, fund environmental hearings out of their own funding. There is no funding for that particular purpose. Therefore, they have no choice but to go down. I would just like some assurance from the department that they will work with the community to assure that, for one thing, federal fisheries regulations are, in fact, met and the conditions that federal fisheries, whatever concerns they may have were addressed.
Also, that there would be consideration for funding to the communities in this type of situation to assure them they do not have to draw on their own operations and maintenance funding to address this type of concern by other departments that were not foreseen. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.