Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, absolutely. That was the priority as they didn't know enough about the North. Again, because of COVID-19, we have been meeting weekly with the Prime Minister and Chrystia Freeland. I have access to the top Ministers. The meetings have increased because of it.
The other thing, too, is we work very closely with the Yukon government and the Nunavut government, and because of that tightness that we have formed, and really strengthened those relationships, as well, you are seeing things for the North. I think they are understanding. COVID is a great example. They identified Indigenous communities. They could have just said "reserves." That's often one of the problems that we had in the NWT was all of the money for Indigenous people went to reserves versus off-reserve, which is the majority of us, but because of the advocacy within Nunavut, ourselves, and the Yukon government, the three territories are getting vaccinations quicker than any jurisdiction in the whole country. That, in itself, Madam Chair, speaks to the relationships that we have formed with this federal government.
I do think that the federal government does have a better understanding. Do they understand us completely? Absolutely not. They will not understand us completely until they can at least come and fly here, not just in and out and stay at the Explorer Hotel and leave, but until they actually live here.
Like I say, Madam Chair, at this point, we do not feel that this position is necessary. In the spirit of trying not to leave the next government with no money, if we have a position that we don't feel is necessary, why would we continue with it? In fairness, the position was wonderful. The person did a great job, but it's not necessary at this time. Thank you, Madam Chair.