Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I should correct the Member that MACA did not overrule the decision to extend the deadline for sporting events for Arctic Winter Games; that decision was made by the sports partners, including Sport North and the regional recreation associations. I believe the deadline was extended to allow for more participants. This year there were several changes made to the Arctic Winter Games process. There was a creation of a new region; the Sahtu region was created. There was also the decision made to allow for the Mackenzie region to make decisions on behalf of the Mackenzie region and the South Slave; also that the Beaufort-Delta Sports would also make decisions on behalf of their organizations; and the Sahtu and Sport North would be making decisions on behalf of Yellowknife. So those decisions were made and after the deadline of April 1st , they got together and
recognized that there was low turnout because…Oh, the third…I’m sorry, Mr. Speaker. The third decision was to
have the trials set up a year in advance of the Arctic Winter Games and after the April 1st deadline there was
recognition that there was low turnout, there wasn’t good communication, there were other things that were happening at the same time, the Canada Games, and they decided to extend the deadline. It was an agreement among all the sports partners and not MACA. Thank you.