The Nunavut Association of Municipalities is an important stakeholder to us as a government. We work with it on any number of different issues, including community, public safety, infrastructure and recreation. It's an important group, and we do take its resolutions seriously.
I'm not going to speak specifically to Sanirajak. I think I'll speak more broadly in terms of the territory as a whole.
We recognize that search and rescue capabilities are important and that safety for harvesters is important. If you look at the map of Nunavut, you'll see that there are no links in between communities. However, there are links. People are travelling back and forth between communities by boat and by snowmobile. That's Inuit traditional knowledge in action. Those trails do exist; the routes do exist. As a government, we have an interest in wanting to support the safety of our residents, no matter where they are. Search and rescue is one of those key assets that we need in every community so that when emergencies do arise, human lives and safety can be protected.
