I’m encouraged by what I’m hearing today and I’d like to thank the Minister for that. As mentioned, core funding from Heritage Canada has not changed in over 30 years, and coupled with the meagre advertising revenue and inconsistent GNWT funding, this has created a very lean operational base in which to maintain the open doors.

Can the Minister tell me how he’s going to leverage what is possible from the GNWT as own-source funding in order to meet this growing concern, and

how is he going to act as a lead negotiator with CanNor opportunities?