Thank you for that.
When I think about how we, as a territory, can work with Canada to engage internationally, sometimes I'm at a loss because we're in a situation in which we don't have international exports. There are diamonds, but that's not something the territorial government controls. When I hear other jurisdictions talk about how they're working with other countries, going on trade missions...we're not there yet. We don't have highways, as was just discussed. That's the area where I find it difficult to talk about international relations, because we're still trying to get our foundation built in the north as part of Canada, let alone go out to other countries.
In terms of the engagement with the federal government, I will say that the current administration has been engaging heavily with us, and I feel like we are now being heard and listened to. We just met with Minister MacKinnon to talk about the Arctic infrastructure fund and what that should look like, so these things are being listened to at this point. Some more formalization around that relationship might be appreciated, but we're off to a great start, I would say.
