Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Is this considered fully subscribed for this program? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll just direct that back to Deputy Minister Strand again, please.

Deputy Minister Strand.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. One of the things that we seem to hear a lot in our different committees is the need for administrative assistants or a kind of human resource capacity throughout communities and also in Yellowknife, and so I'm wondering if this portion of the SEED funding, this program of the SEED funding, will be continued into the new year and become part of a staple of SEED funding? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Sorry, Madam Chair. This portion, the business support portion? Madam Chair, that is probably a conversation to be had not in this forum with me by myself sitting here without officials. Yes, if it is a perennial problem for small businesses and certainly the fact that they didn't have their books done wasn't because of COVID, necessarily, it was probably a challenge that just built up over time, and then they wound up not being able to access funding. I think, by looking at those who have subscribed and hopefully getting some feedback as to why they wound up in that situation, we'll be better able to assess to what extent it was COVID-related and to what extent it's a long-standing and continuous problem and then make a choice going forward. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'll come back to that question, then, down the road, once the Minister has had some more time to kind of establish answers to those questions. I'm going to move on to the nomination program. I'm wondering if there are any applications in the hopper, so to speak, right now?

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Again, Madam Chair, for the most up-to-date, I'm going to suggest we go over to Deputy Minister Strand, please.

Deputy Minister Strand.

Thank you. Member.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I am wondering, given that a lot of the world is turning to virtual and that air travel is getting more expensive with fewer people travelling, if there has been conversation then around turning that into a virtual rather than an in-person interview. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It is a conversation worth having, so I will go and have the conversation. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I am wondering if any of the applications are for outside of Yellowknife. Thank you.

Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I know there are some, but I do not know if we have those breakdowns. Let me see if Deputy Minister Strand does, and if not, we will make a commitment to get it.

Thank you. Deputy Minister Strand.