That's a fantastic question, MP McLeod, and I thank you for it.
Food insecurity and food inflation are caused by many different variables. First of all, there's isolation. Isolation is expensive. There are also supply chain unpredictability, transportation issues, lack of infrastructure and, of course, climate change.
I was in Iqaluit a few days ago, with Minister Blair, Minister Joly and the three premiers. Yvonne Jones was there. She's parliamentary secretary to Minister Blair and me. We had some really great discussions on just what you're talking about.
I talked to the premier over breakfast about the Mackenzie Valley Highway and what we need to do to bring it to the next level. It's an incredibly expensive highway to build, but we have to do it, especially with the northern defence money we're going to be rolling out. There's never been a better time to do just that.
That's just one small area of the north, which is massive. We need to invest. I think it's important to point out that we need to invest on many different fronts while enhancing programs like nutrition north in the short term. I agree that it's a short-term band-aid over a problem that we have to get ahead of.