If you think of the holistic opportunities in Inuit Nunangat, government is by far the largest employer within our jurisdictions. Natural resource extraction is also a significant part of Inuit Nunangat economies. The ability to create a business and then stage that business and grow it is so different from in the south. Often the large-scale construction work, even some of the resource extraction work and construction, is seasonal. In operations phases, often it's year-round, but the opportunities are not spread out over 365 days, if you will.
The opportunities that we have to create businesses that can then go after federal contracts—I'm thinking of the opportunities that will come to pass for defence and sovereignty in particular—are sometimes very similar to natural resource extraction, especially in infrastructure across Inuit Nunangat in terms of construction and operation and maintenance. Many of our businesses provide site services to mining projects or construction opportunities for mining projects. That links in with the investment opportunities Canada has in the Arctic for increased infrastructure. We're looking to create a scenario where there's certainty within our business community that if you create a business and you grow it, there will be opportunities. Procurement from government contracts is one part of your business imagination or opportunities, and the natural resource sector is another.
Inuit have been champions of economic development, but within the framework of our modern treaties and the compliance of all businesses to our land claim agreements and the provisions within our agreements about the positive relationship between these projects and Inuit self-determination.