Thank you very much.
I think your comment is a testament to the fact that even though there is an overarching and very broad political support for Canada's north, when it comes down to the actual implementation of initiatives, there's a lack of knowledge on the ground of what's going on.
That has more to do with the constitutional makeup of Canada, where the federal government, of course, plays a very important role, and in this particular case, through HRSDC, CanNor, and AANDC. But there's so much going on in the territories and in the provinces that simply does not always reach decision-makers in Ottawa, and it's nobody's fault in particular. It's simply because people in the north—politicians as well as policy makers—are extremely stretched, and the capacities, both human resources and financial, are stretched too.
Building the foundation for informed decision-making is really what is needed here. It's all about latching on to not only what the private sector does—Suncor is just one of a myriad of examples out there of how the private sector supports labour force and skills capacity in development in the north. But the public sector needs to step in and create a binder of best practices, so to speak. If that were to happen and it was then attached to Government of Canada priorities, I think you would begin to see where the gaps are in that conversation.
It's not because we are right or they are wrong; I think it is a matter of communication, and it's also a matter of intelligence gathering. The types of reports the Conference Board of Canada's Centre for the North puts out add an element to that conversation, but it's not exhaustive. That would be my recommendation, moving forward.