Mr. Speaker, we don’t agree with the decision that was made. We had a meeting with the Arctic Winter Games International Committee. We spoke about the fact that we don’t want to be seen as politically interfering, but at the same time, you have to respond to the concerns of the sporting community throughout all the regions that were affected. This was the message that we relayed to them, is that we are concerned with the decision that they made.

As far as what power or influence, we would have to have discussions with our representatives and try to get them to relay some of our concerns to the Arctic Winter Games International Committee. At the end of the day, we would like to leave the decisions up to them. However, if the decisions are ones that we don’t think benefit our athletes, then we have to relay our concerns to them.

We do plan on meeting again and seeing if we can come up with any viable options. At that point, I think we can determine what next steps we can take. Thank you.