Oftentimes, the grants that we're applying for are on an annual basis, and those grants are not reoccurring or committed to annually. We need long-term, committed, annual funding that we can then use to perform survey work as well as conduct removal efforts that are not constricted by the end of year for March fiscal—say the end of government fiscal. We find that as we're doing the work, we want to do meaningful consultation with first nations communities; we want to have community engagement, and these things take time to complete in a meaningful way. We would like to see longer-term funds, available over a multi-year period, that we can then utilize to continue to fund and do the work in a longer way.
On November 18th, 2024. See this statement in context.