I think the governments of the territories are perhaps in a different situation from provinces, as I described at the beginning of my presentation, in that the federal government has devolved certain functions, but there are other functions that are still held by the federal government. We do rely very much, because of these small populations and a low tax base, on federal funding. We really see a Canada water agency and a freshwater action plan as an opportunity for us to collaborate with federal government partners to achieve some of the objectives that we and our indigenous government partners would like to do.
On June 11th, 2024. See this statement in context.