Thank you. So I believe we actually have an observer on the committee. We've been -- you know, and I've been in talks with the Premier of the Yukon on this and talking about how we can better collaborate, and as the three northern territories, we do collaborate on these types of initiatives. Every chance we get, we get up in front of a microphone and we talk about these security issues. You know, there's a good relationship at the official level between my deputy minister and staff in the department of defence. And I can say that I've seen that relationship -- I'll say it's improved in the sense that the federal government now appears to know that they should come talk to us when things are happening, so if they plan on announcing something, you know, we don't get a ten-minute head's up anymore, it's -- there's some more engagement beforehand. There's more willingness at the political and official level to reach out and actually engage and talk about, you know, what might be needed going forward. And I always raise myself when I speak with federal counterparts, whether it's public safety or defence, that, you know, we need to be engaged if there is going to be any sort of investments in the North because, you know, if there's going to be a new base or new facilities in a community, maybe they need a new treatment -- or a water treatment centre, maybe they -- water treatment plant, maybe they need to improve the highway infrastructure around there. So there's -- maybe they need new childcare spaces to accommodate, you know, additional personnel that might be in the community. So those conversations have grown and strengthened over the past year, and I think we're going in the right direction. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 28th, 2025. See this statement in context.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 28th, 2025
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