Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm certainly appreciative of everybody's comments. Also, I would be remiss if I didn't say that, you know, and I appreciate that a lot of people think this way, that we need to be very kind of thankful, grateful for the efforts that the Government of the Northwest Territories has put in, in terms of saving what was a sinking ship, for lack of a better term, and appreciating the efforts that the government has done to make sure that this critical services are being provided to residents of the Northwest Territories. I want to commend the department for that.
You know, this really does lead to: what does the future look like for MTS? I appreciate that the Minister and the department are going to come and present to standing committee in the coming days.
I will put it here, though, on the floor, because it has been touched on, but more detail would certainly be what we would be looking for in the presentation. That is: what is the future of the MTS going to look like? Some have suggested that there needs to be a new governance model. You know, right now, it's essentially, although it's running under a revolving fund, it's essentially a division of the Government of the Northwest Territories.
Have we put any planning into: will it remain that way? Will it maybe be considered a Crown corporation at some point in time, maybe a P3 operator or, in fact, maybe even an outright sale to an owner/operator? What would be the operation model that the government is considering? Is it just status quo, or are we doing work to actually consider other models? Thank you, Mr. Chair.