Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know the passports were a requirement of the committee that oversees the Arctic Winter Games, but they are not a requirement by any law, United States or Canada yet. I know if people were given the information that a birth certificate would suffice, $20 compared to $100, that's a big difference to a lot of residents in the smaller communities, Mr. Speaker.
I just wanted to ask the Minister if that option was known, or if the committee who established this policy had gotten official letters from the United States government and the International Committee of Arctic Winter Games that passports were a requirement, why didn't they print that letter in the paper and let people be confident that when they are applying for it, it's for a very specific reason and it's because of this letter? Why wasn't that brought forward instead of just throwing it out there? Thank you.