Thank you, Mr. Chair. I really appreciate the respect shown.
Minister, we've heard from indigenous co-ops about how difficult it is to make ends meet.
I am going to test your willingness to lift just one family out of poverty, as we talked about earlier. I will also test your willingness to think about the seven future generations who will be living in the north and the importance of the relationship that northern communities have with the land. These are the core values of these communities.
Have you looked at setting up refrigerated storage at the ends of the roads, so that food could be transported overland? This is one of the possibilities mentioned by the representative of the Kimik Co-operative. Indeed, it would be important to have access to refrigerated storage sites, particularly along the Billy‑Diamond Highway in Quebec, for example, or near places where fresh food can be brought in.
I think we need to look at the logistics around short distribution channels and the cold chain. Investments in infrastructure could drastically improve the situation and help bring costs down significantly.