I am glad that the Minister brought that up because that was the initial reading that I got from Fort Liard. Hey, here is an opportunity and we are going to miss it. That was a concern. I just wanted to make sure that they are not going to miss an opportunity that, in the small community, they are not collecting taxes just based on the political climate, that they are not penalized for it and, as a result, their infrastructure and subway system doesn't get affected.
I think I will switch gears here a little bit. As well, I want to talk about funding of the community with MRIF in
particular, Fort Simpson with the one-third/one-third/one-third sharing arrangement. Here, again, because of the funding problems in the village of Fort Simpson, they are not going to have the ability to come up with a one-third share as an opportunity to improve our local infrastructure with the biggest need that the community was saying at our roundtable discussion on Friday. They said recreation facilities are a priority for us and we can't do anything with the money that is coming. All our funding is being used for O and M, and we cannot get into funding or sponsoring capital projects. I was just wondering if the Minister is looking at that and looking at new creative ways in which the village of Fort Simpson can invest in infrastructure, in capital projects and just like any other community, Fort Simpson, there again too, is missing one unique baseline. It is a swimming pool for a community of that size. They certainly could use a nice new modern swimming pool, but they don't have the cash to match the GNWT or the federal government in order to build a building like that. I was just wondering if the department is looking at that and taking into consideration how best they can help in a situation like that, Madam Chair.