Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Once again, those rules were not changed by myself or MACA. Those rules were agreed upon by all of the sports organizations, including Sport North. The decision was made a year ago to try to encourage more athletes to take part. I am sure we could have left it with some teams having vacant slots. I am sure we could have left some of the players in the communities having no place to try out on, but, Mr. Speaker, the intent here is to try to encourage more people to take part in the Arctic Winter Games, have a truly territorial sport and have opportunity for all of the kids in the North. That is what we were attempting to do with the sports partners in the NWT. We have reviewed the situation. We don’t feel that anything was done was
improper. I have checked with all of the sports organizations, including Sport North and organizations across the Territories. They all agree that this is the best way to move forward. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.