Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member did, in his Member's statement today, provide some very useful background information on the program. In fact, these community freezers have been government assets, but at a point in the recent past we made the decision that this was not the most cost-effective means of storing traditional harvests and we're looking for a way to do something that is more energy efficient. So we have been in the process of closing these freezers down, but I think in all cases, we have made the offer to the community to transfer the asset to the community for a nominal charge, and I'm sure we would do the same here.

I do know that my officials are in discussions with the community of Paulatuk to see if some alternate arrangements can be arrived at to make sure that we still continue to support the traditional harvest, because we do recognize the importance of country foods to the community. Thank you.