Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we indicated that there were three large aircraft that landed and used our runway in Yellowknife this past year, but it should be noted that there were a lot more calls that came in where there was potential that they wanted to use the airport and didn't actually use it.
The question regarding whether there is a need for these planes to contact the Yellowknife Airport when they are crossing airspace or our area is a good point. It's also a real sore point with us, because there is no requirement for the air carriers or the companies to contact us. There's not even a requirement, at this point, for the companies to inform us that we have been nominated or selected as an emergency landing facility. So there are really no early indicators, until we get a call that there is a need to use the airport and land. We have met with the federal Minister, Mr. Lapierre, on a number of occasions now. We have also met with our counterparts from the other territories. They have the same concerns and we've raised it with the federal government on many occasions. Transport Canada has recently indicated to us that they are undertaking to do their own assessment of the airport requirements in the northern part of Canada on what the requirements are to support international, polar and high altitude traffic and we're still waiting for that report. I'll stand corrected on that issue, Mr. Chairman. The deputy minister indicates that the report has just come in. So we have it now and we will be reviewing it.