Thank you. Okay, well, I mean, hopefully when we're discussing with our municipal partners, whether it's the city of Yellowknife, the First Nation, or any -- or Indigenous beneficiary group or whatever, a local authority, that we are involving more than just one Minister and one department. And I know that's the case. It's just I would like -- it would be nice if we saw a clear path forward. And I mean nice is an easy way to put it. I think it's required at this point. Like, the urgency here for housing, for example, has been well stated in this Assembly. The urgency to shore up our economy at a time when we are in very much an existential crisis as a nation means we need to move quickly on this stuff. We can't afford another ten years. And I know the city is the only one taking the government up on this currently, but it would be nice if we, again -- maybe nice isn't the right word.

The right thing to do I think at this point is to really come to terms with this, find a pathway forward, and then do it for everyone, right, rather than just do it on an application basis. Because what we need to do is open up markets in the Northwest Territories for this kind of development. I kind of -- I disagree with the kind of characterization that we've got market and nonmarket-based communities. That's the current regime. But I think they could change if we had the right incentives in place. And the first incentive to building and local development is land. Land access is crucial for the economy, Madam Chair. And we just don't have enough of it in the Northwest Territories. And in this case, this is not an example of a land -- an outstanding land claim holding up development or holding up the opportunities that are inherent to that. This is something -- most of this land that's not already under claim -- because those things aren't even under discussion right now. This is public land owned by the GNWT that's not -- that's held within municipal boundaries. That's the only thing we're talking about here. And it just seems like every time we have this discussion, there are a million reasons why we can't and no one's trying to engage in how we can. So I'll continue to advocate for this, but I think we need to change our mindset and figure out how to knock down those barriers and have that "can do" mindset so we can get this done. We can't wait any longer. We really, really can't because the more the clock ticks, the farther we fall behind. And I don't know if the Minister wants to comment on that.

But the other question I have is the exact same issue which is the North Slave recreational leasing plan that has kind of gone ahead, pulled back. They've carved out piecemeal areas within the North Slave for some people and based on agreements that were never formalized, but they did that anyway, and then there's other people who are still waiting for leases because of various reasons, largely identified with section 35 consultations. But regardless, if we had a policy framework for recreational land leasing in the North Slave from the GNWT that was clear, provided a pathway to those leases, we could give a lot of certainty to people who are looking for those opportunities. And whether or not there's a claim that slows things down or that denies a lease, at least there's a framework going forward and clear expectations around what those frameworks are. So I guess those are my overarching comments on this. I welcome any feedback. But we can't keep waiting -- we can't keep doing the same thing and expecting we're going to get farther ahead. Thank you.