Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair -- yeah, I mean at this point we'd like to get through 2023-2024's budget before I have a hope about what might happen in 2024-2025.
But with respect to film, we certainly did see -- this was an area where we are seeing a significant amount of growth, both in terms of local production but also in terms of the amount of films that are coming and scouting locations. This was actually an area that saw a lot challenge in COVID because people couldn't travel into the territories even though they were asking. They were looking to come and get ready to film so that they'd be ready to go when COVID lifted and that obviously wasn't how we approached keeping everyone safe here in the Northwest Territories.
The good news is though, is that the interest remains and there's been a lot of growth in this area. So this is a significant increase to the budget, to go -- it's more than doubling where it was at, but there is certainly that demand there. And if it is successful and is utilized successfully, which we fully expect it will be, then there may be an argument in favour of seeing something more in the future. But at this point, we'll be happy to spend the money that's been projected or been allocated at this point. Thank you.