In terms of transportation from any of our isolated communities, we are totally reliant on airlines, and even that has been downsized in many of our communities. We're down to just one airline in most of our communities. A lot of our people get stranded in the local hub. The local hub starts complaining about the people who are stranded there. All our communities rely on the local hub for our policing, our justice system, our health, and when we have to go grocery shopping.
In the area of northern Manitoba where we live, Thompson is the hub. It's like the downtown. Somebody from Brochet, Lac Brochet, or Oxford House...you'll meet somebody downtown, somewhere, at some point throughout the month, depending on when they're coming in for food or fuel, or whatever they do. I think that's one critical area that we're all looking at and that we're faced with in our communities: accessibility. By providing accessibility, we'd be able to afford much of the goods and services we require.