Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would encourage the Minister to move expediently on it. Moving to the Film Industry Rebate Program, Members have had an opportunity to speak with the professional association around the film industry in the Northwest Territories, and also look at how this program performs. It's moved from a pilot project to a full-time funding pool, which is fantastic, but again, this is another one where we see very similar funding allocations year on year. If we want to expand the presence of the film industry, especially down-market production, we're going to need to put more financial resources into the rebate program. That down-market production is where you're going to develop the capacity, the knowledge economy, and create jobs that stick around and aren't brought here just during the production phase. These are media professionals who will stick around. Is there any thought as to either putting more resources into this, or developing new funding criteria to support a downstream production of film in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.
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