Thank you, Michael.
Yes, I have a number of ideas, but I think the most important thing is that the federal government needs to work with the territorial government to go and teach communities that are impacted and then talk to them. You may have seen in the news, Michael, about the bank erosion in Fort Simpson. It's getting closer and closer to the power plant and the health centre.
What do we do? How are we going to mitigate this? They figure the hamlet of Tuk is going to be completely under water in 2050. How are we going to mitigate that? How are we going to move those? Each community is going to be unique in how we do those things.
From my conversations with the health minister, I know they're looking at replacing the health centre in Fort Simpson. Regarding the location they were looking at, I told them that maybe we shouldn't be looking at that. We should be maybe looking at moving our infrastructure up onto the hill. It's the same with our new LNG plant that's coming into Fort Simpson. Some of those conversations are going to need to be held.
Again, the federal government needs to understand that there is going to be a huge impact on a number of communities, and we need to start looking at and working with the communities. I really need to stress that this is the important aspect of working with the communities. It's not about Big Brother coming and saying that this is what you need to do. It's about everybody holding hands and working together to see what needs to be done.
Do we need to move Jean Marie further away from the Mackenzie River? I believe there are a number of places and locations that need to be moved.
You look at Hay River. I think you talked about that. The new town was supposed to stop the floods, and Riverview Drive, where I used to live in Hay River, was flooded. Where the ball park used to be was flooded.
This is the reality. How do we do that and how do we move away from those difficult situations? We need to work with the communities, and when I say communities, in Hay River, it's the town, it's West Point, it's K'atl'odeeche First Nation and it's the Métis. We need to work together to help them. Again, that's the federal government, the territorial government and all people working together to make sure people are safe.