I don't want to bad mouth the corporations because they do a lot of good work, but I think I'll make a couple of points, if I may.
In the first instance, to give you an idea, the first diamond mine that opened up here, during its first year of operation, made a million dollars a day. It paid off the capital investment in the mine in something like two and a half years. So the diamond mines were fabulously wealthy.
At the same time as these mining corporations were as wealthy as they were, corporate taxes were falling. I think what that does--and it troubles me, and it troubles the people in Alternatives North. Why should a corporate board of directors be deciding whether there will be a recreation facility in Kugluktuk? I'm glad they put the money into it; I'm glad they put the money into the arena in Yellowknife, the dementia centre, and all the other projects they're doing, but we shouldn't be delivering those sorts of services based on corporate charity. There should be a reasonable tax regime put in place, and elected officials should make the choice as to where that money is being spent.
It's clear that the mines have the resources to invest in these sorts of things, but I think we have it a little backwards as to who decides public policy. It should not be corporate boards of directors; it should be elected governments.