I certainly agree with the Member. I think there's huge potential here and it is going to be about being creative. I think it's also going to be driven by communities, in my opinion. I look to the work that Mr. Pokiak has done, the Ulukhaktok print shop and the work to try to get that off the ground, there's consideration of that underway right now. I agree that we need to do more in the area of mentoring and coaching some of the people who produce these crafts and are not necessarily that skilled at business and understanding how to retail these goods. That's why I disagree with the point that these people could find their way to e-Bay to sell the goods. I think this database was set up, we have our staff in the department working with the artisans to coach and mentor them to understand where the markets might be, to help make the contacts between themselves and those who might be interested in selling. I agree that there is something to that personal sales approach. We want to try to foster that and support that. We're also helping these members with the e-commerce transactions which maybe seem a little overwhelming for some people. We are producing, every three months we're producing a newsletter that features various artisans. So there are a number of things underway.
I think the branding work, I'll come back to that, is critical. We have raw materials programs to help people get set up with moose, caribou, seal hides, with quills, with birch bark basket making materials, sewing materials, painting supplies. There's a schedule in the BDF that people can apply for to get money to get them the raw materials they need so that they can turn around and produce the goods and sell them. Without that, we know some people have a hard time finding the money to get started in the business. So there are a number of things we're doing, but I certainly agree with the Member that we can do more. This is an exciting area that could really see some additional support, some additional expansion, and government can play a key role here. We want to work
with communities to make more of this happen. Thank you.