Mr. Speaker, first of all, my counterparts in the Yukon and Nunavut felt very strongly about the sports that were excluded. They wanted to make sure that their voices were heard. We thought the best option would be a face to face. The Lieutenant Governor of Alaska was also at the meeting. We relayed our concerns to the Arctic Winter Games International Committee about a whole cycle of athletes that may be lost because of the decision they made.

We don’t want to take that Arctic Winter Games experience away from a lot of these athletes because – Members said before, and I totally agree with them – to them this is their Olympics. We don’t want to take that opportunity away from them.

They are going to do a bit of a review. We will do a bit of a review. When we get together in the spring – we want to do it sooner rather than later – we will

look at the options that they may have come up with. We gave them some of our options. We will see what decision is made after that.

I will commit to Members of the House that we will keep them all informed as to the discussions we have, because we are going to start hearing from our sporting community. I also plan on meeting with the sporting communities that have been affected, excluded from the 2016 games, and I want to get an idea from them what they think are best options or the best way to move forward on this. Thank you.