Yes, we have been. One of the things that Joe and his team have been doing is creating a matrix of all of our projects that we have and applying a sort of risk assessment, is the right word for it, a ranking system of a red, yellow, and green, and then there are columns as well that look at what are the potential delays, where are the pinch points, so, if this project doesn't go ahead by this point, it's now going to be delayed, so that they're aware of where all of those critical moments are for project life.
We have, like I said, a red, yellow, green tiered system. Obviously, green is on track, ready to go, good to go, funded, and all the way to red, where we may be waiting for funding or we may think it's not going to be able to be done because of, perhaps, community backlash or not wanting to have southern or outside of their community people in. It's not just necessarily southern workers, it's often just workers from within the NWT. That's all happening.
I recognize that contractors are probably a little bit in the dark as far as what is going to go ahead and what is not, but that is part of the conversation that we are continuing to have. I do understand, and I shouldn't say that because I do believe the department has been very much back-and-forth with a lot of the contractors. Letters went out very early on to talk with the different ones that were already contracted and set to go ahead this summer to have those conversations with them, were they seeing economic hits to their companies, where they felt like maybe they weren't going to be able to produce or deliver the product. All of that kind of work and triaging of our projects has been ongoing since basically COVID hit. Thank you, Madam Chair.