Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the presenters today.
Like all of you, we expected 2020 to be a big year for festivals and events up in Canada's north. We were very excited for the 50th anniversaries of both the Arctic Winter Games and the Northern Games that were going to be held in Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk. Yellowknifers were going to be celebrating the 40th anniversary of Folk on the Rocks and the silver jubilee of the Snowking winter festival. Of course, all of these were cancelled and closed due to the pandemic. It was heartbreaking to see the many athletes and performers, who worked so hard getting into top form, having to go through this news.
As national organizations, have any of your organizations heard from northern or indigenous organizers? What measures should be considered to support these types of festivals and events?