Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe what the Minister is saying is basically the federal process or federal agency regulatory process that has afforded some funding, has been very insufficient. I believe this is where groups like the Status of Women got $5,000 to make a presentation on something or respond to this draft, which I believe by any standard it would not be adequate.
Mr. Chairman, I think there are three options the Minister could consider. One is to put forward the GNWT's pot of money, some kind of contribution money for the individuals to tap into. I think that's something the Minister has to consider. The second thing is if the Minister and government are not prepared to put money aside for individuals to tap into to get access to this process then at least this government should require that the governments
that it is funding does something that creates a forum and venue for the individual residents to come and speak.
The third option, and I think this could all be done together and concurrently, is that the Minister has to be more forceful with the federal government about making more funds available for the residents of the NWT to have a say in this project that will outsize anything we've ever seen before, and one that has a lot of people very anxious. I just don't know why the federal government and the big businesses and everybody cannot see that this is not going to succeed unless people affected have a chance to vent their opinions. Even if they can't change things, they need to be able to speak to what this means to them. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.