Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, yes, so, you know, while we were in the past relying predominantly on federal programs, the benefit of that is that we were able to gather quite a bit of data around the number of operators who were accessing the funds -- the relief funds in the last year. There are operators in the Northwest Territories, about 70 percent that have been so far receiving relief funding. Operators located outside, about 30 percent or 17 operators. But that said, Madam Chair, I do want to highlight that although the operators sort of base their -- or owner might be located elsewhere, the cost and the funds are meant to be costs that are, you know, directed primarily for activities and facilities here within the Northwest Territories, so rent or mortgages here and facilities in the Northwest Territories. I know utilities here in the Northwest Territories, of that nature. So that, again, the intent is to have the primary focus being cost incurred within the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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