That's a great question. If you look around the circumpolar north and the circumpolar Arctic, and you look at Nunavut, for example, you'll see just a staggering lack of infrastructure and investment.
I spent a brief time in Norway when I was still a student. Look at the highway up to Tromsø. It was extremely expensive for the government. Engineering-wise, it was a huge challenge. They took it on and it's built, and now you have a city there in the high Arctic that is flourishing.
I believe your committee should be looking at these other jurisdictions that have invested in the past decades. It didn't happen overnight. They put in place this foundational infrastructure for their north, and they're reaping the rewards. That's what we from Nunavut have been advocating for. We've been advocating for these types of foundational investments in terms of building the country north. They haven't happened yet. We're looking for them to start sometime soon.
