Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this department is undergoing some significant work in the area of legislation and community governance. Changes are happening quite rapidly. Formulas and how communities are funded is changing. We have raised a number of concerns in our committee's report on a number of issues, whether it is capital planning or dealing with communities and how they are able to deal with their financial situations.
The big area for me as a Member is to ensure that, with all of this work that is going on and the changes that are going on, the community governments are kept up-to-date and are able to continue with their planning and the processes they will use, so they do not get caught out in the cold, as they say.
When I look at my community of Inuvik, there are a bunch of changes going on there as well, just as a community. The potential growth that can happen in the short term leaves the community a little concerned as to how they can actually deal with it and deal with extraordinary growth in the sense of coming up with the facilities, water and sewer and so on to deal with the potential growth. They are working fairly hard to try to stay on top of it, but it is an area of concern if there is a large influx over the next few years in that community.
There are processes available to them if they find themselves needing and finding that the demand on the resources has outgrown their capacity. Not only capacity infrastructure-wise, but resources-wise. Right now, there is block funding put in place for the community, but it is based on more historical spending than what it might cost if there is unforeseen growth in that aspect.
With that, I will save the rest of my comments and questions for when we get into detail. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.