So first and foremost, depending on the sport, if you look at hockey as the Member talked about, you know, ice time, for tax-based communities that got artificial ice, you can start in September, maybe late October whereas in some of the other small communities, we don't see our ice in until maybe November, maybe December, and then our ice is out earlier than the other times. So we see the challenges there. So given two months that a -- just that, two months, for our athletes in the smaller communities is the challenge. So that there is the reality is some sports are very specific to what is available within the municipality, within the community.
The other biggest challenge that people need to understand is the people in the community. So you look at the community that I used to live in in Kugluktuk. Lacrosse was big. There was a national -- a movie about the Grizzlies. You know how much lacrosse is being played in Kugluktuk right now? None. They had an indoor soccer pitch built in the community -- or they had a hockey rink and an indoor soccer pitch. They don't play indoor soccer right now. And the biggest challenge is because it becomes specific to the people in there.
In the communities, some of the smaller communities, we see teachers that can offer great programming and then you see a spike in the development of it. So that's one of the challenges that you're seeing there is the facilities, it's the people and, again, it needs to be driven by the community.
I spent 30 years in the sport and recreation field, and it comes down to people being able to commit to the time in there. So that's where that is. So sometimes it's just not the money but it's also other factors. Thank you, Madam Chair.