Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it is very concerning in terms of what is happening way up north. We, in the southern Northwest Territories, you know, have the highways to transport our goods and services to our communities, but unfortunately, people that live way up north, a lot of their goods and services have to be brought in by barges, or sometimes, in this extreme example, flown in because they don't have any other choice. I really sympathize with my colleague, who spoke in terms of ensuring that, you know, people from those communities got some answers.
My question is very basic, and maybe the Minister had an opportunity to provide some very strong rational reasons in terms of why MTS has to be situated in Hay River. It just makes sense at this point that the centre of operations should be considered, perhaps, in the Beaufort Delta so that, you know, operations could easily be made and adjustments be made.
My question is to the Minister: why does MTS, the base of operations, need to be based in Hay River? Mahsi.