Mahsi, Madam Chair. I'd first like to sympathize with all the residents of the Northwest Territories that were uprooted from their communities, their homes, and their communities and who are all down south, and many who are still struggling because of the lack of supports, financial supports from our government. And it's fair enough that, you know, we're hearing that we don't have the financial resources to cover everyone. My colleague from Hay River South, you know, mentioned, you know, some significant amounts, and I feel that it's only fair for our residents for the, you know, amount of time that they have been evacuated.
I also want to express my deepest sympathies to the community in my riding, Enterprise, for the devastation that they faced and the loss of homes and businesses. I think my big concern there is the lead time leading up to the fire because they were in the middle of a festival that weekend, Friday, Saturday, and then Sunday they were -- they were out. I believe the department had advance knowledge of that fire and it wasn't relayed to anyone, not even to me, not even to the residents of Enterprise. I know it was the high winds that escalated the fires towards the community. I don't believe there were any fire crews there, I'm just assuming and from what I'm hearing, and they weren't very noticeable in the community even after because of the flare-ups that were happening within and there was some residents taking it upon themselves to fight those flare-ups in the community. You know, I feel for those people that lost, you know, their homes, their businesses, they -- oh my God, it's devastating. And that's a big concern, is it was known and I'm pretty sure, you know, I would really like the Enterprise fire situation really looked at, investigated. You know, how did we let that happen?
In the past, we had people that manned the fire towers. And ENR at that time, they did away with them saying that well, we got satellites. So I'm just wondering if you with see stuff like that on cloudy days and, you know, would a tower person have helped before the fire even got to Enterprise? I think that'll haunt me for, you know, for the rest of my life, what happened. Where were the crews? Why was no advance warning given? Madam Chair, this is relevant to the budget because I just wonder if the Minister of ECC could possibly answer that question. Mahsi.