I do not know if I agree with those comments. As a former mayor, I know that some searches have been cut short because they could not get confirmation that they would receive the money if it happened on the weekend. Would the Minister then commit to writing a letter to the communities and let them know exactly what the deputy minister has just stated here? I think we need to be reassured that they can go ahead and search for someone who has been lost.
If someone was missing for six or seven hours, does that qualify? I do not know if there are any standards there. I think there needs to be something in place that the communities can count on. I know $1,000 is not a lot of money. A couple of hours in a plane or helicopter would gobble that up. At the rate that our communities are being cut, I think they want to be comfortable that if they are going to go ahead and spend money, they will be reimbursed.