Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, I most definitely want to consult and engage. I had to drill once and had everybody come and tell me that nobody wanted the health centre where I was drilling, and it was very, very uncomfortable for me; so I am well aware of what happens when a community does not have buy-in to a location. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Do you have any further questions? No. Member for Hay River South.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The first question I have is: when the parks do open, are we doing anything with the rental fees that go with it? Are we going to be waiving those during this period? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

At this time, we haven't discussed waiving the rental fees for the parks. I do think that they are fairly nominal; however, definitely something I can have a discussion with my department about. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just thinking about it, I am hoping that we can encourage a lot of northern people to use the facilities and move around the territory. I would suggest that, if it is nominal, then it's something we probably won't really miss, and we can mark it up as COVID dollars. I would recommend that we actually eliminate the fees for this year. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would have to look at what number that would account to; however, I am very open to exploring it. It would be about $825,000 of loss, so I guess I probably shouldn't have said it's nominal. It's nominal for an individual to come to the site. However, I would offer that, if people are finding that that is a burden, to come and talk to me, and we will see what we can do. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Member.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Even if we cut them in half or something like that, I think that the people of the territories would appreciate that.

The second question I have: if the border was to open, will the management of the parks be operating any differently? I suspect, even if we did open the borders at some point, that visitors coming in are going to have to self-isolate anyway. I'm just wondering what that's going to do with the parks. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. At this time, I really couldn't tell you what was going to happen. We would be taking direction under the Chief Public Health Officer. Depending where we were at in her plan and what the regulations or what she had in place, we would be adapting to that. That is part of, actually, what we are working on right now to get the parks open when she does move into phase 2, is what does that look like from a logistics perspective, if there are still restrictions of people being able to be in proximity. We'll have to look at each campground. Are we closing this site because it's too close to that site? There are things like that. As mentioned, I think, in question period, we will not necessarily be opening all facilities at the parks as a result. Some more of the things, like the shower rooms, those will be case-by-case. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Member.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to talk about, I guess, tourism in Hay River. We have the Hay River Tourism Society, a museum, I guess it is, and we have a facility, which is fairly old and beat up. I know that they are trying to do a little bit of work to do it, and I think they had made an application for something like $160,000. They got that cut in half, which did a little bit for them, but not enough. It would be nice if the department would take a look at that again and reconsider that amount. It is an opportunity to do something while things are slow in the territories and provide some opportunities for our local contractors to get some work. Thank you for the "yes." Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We know that the town is doing some planning and looking at it. I believe that there are potentially some issues with the building, so I would need to look at that. I would imagine that would then, again, involve the other hat I wear in how we deal with that. I will take that away and commit to coming back to the Member with a bit more of an answer. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The other concern that I have, as well, are the opening dates and closing dates of the park. People are constantly wanting to have access to it during the winter for skiing and snowshoeing and whatever, but we seem to keep them locked out. Has there been any consideration by the department to possibly have those accessible during the off-season, at least to local residents? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I imagine this has something to do around liability, as our parks operators carry the liability insurance for the parks. We did look at, last year, a winter strategy in getting our parks opened. It's something that I am committed to revisiting now that I am the Minister of the department. I will definitely have a look at potentially a winter strategy coming up, especially if we are not going to be having our residents leaving the North to go do, maybe, some of those winter vacations, considering where we may be next year. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member.

Thank you, Madam Chair. One other issue that comes up in Hay River is the group camping at -- I can't remember the name of that little area there. Anyways, there is a group camping area there, and it seems to be the gate is locked all of the time. I am not sure how much use it gets, but it would be nice to know, I guess, if that can be, not repurposed, but reprofiled for day use. I know it used to be day use, and now it just seems to be closed all of the time. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.