Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the mayors for their presentations and to everybody who has presented today. I did five terms as the mayor of my small hometown in the Northwest Territories, so I appreciate all the concerns that have been raised and the recommendations.
I also want to welcome Minister Wawzonek and Shaleen Woodward. Thank you for joining us today. I thought the presentation was very informative, and I appreciate it.
l have a couple of questions.
As the minister knows, we in the north are living through some very uncertain times. The last thing that people in NWT wanted was greater uncertainty, but unfortunately we now have the issue that Dominion Diamond Mines is filing for insolvency protection.
Minister, could you talk about some of the measures—I think you flagged the debt limit—the GNWT would like to see the Government of Canada provide greater certainty on, in the immediate future? What does the north need right now? That's my first question.