Certainly, in the Northwest Territories art is very important. I know many people, many households, rely on arts to make a living and survive, even our own. When I was growing up, my mother was very big on arts. She made a lot of money doing moose hair tufting. These are the kinds of programs that our government likes to support, because we know that money goes directly to the people and stays in the communities. We support trapping, the arts, and all the artisans. We try to make it easier for them by making materials available. We even have business loans that they can access. We also work with them to develop markets
Airports are very important to us. They are very concerned about the additional requirements that are being put on airports, the length of the runways, and the types of aircraft that can land and so on. They are critical to the health of a community.
Regarding ports, we would certainly like a port. We don't have a port in the Northwest Territories and we think that if we had a port, it would certainly improve and help diversify our economy. Now that we have a road to Tuktoyaktuk, we think Tuktoyaktuk would be a good place to have a port.