Just so Members know, on this particular regulation change, this is under the authority of Transport Canada with the federal government; so there is no direct role for the Government of Northwest Territories or myself or the department. Nevertheless, with that said, we know there are a lot of concerns with this going forward around flight times, flight duty times, rest periods, and travel times, of that type of nature.

We expect that the proposed regulations, if they were to go forward the way they are presented, would have a serious impact on residents of the Northwest Territories and its passengers and shipping and cargo. We are keeping a very close eye on this. We will continue to monitor the proposed changes of the Canadian Aviation Regulations, and we will be pressing our federal counterparts and make sure they are very aware of our unique challenges of the Northwest Territories.