Thank you.
I'll probably agree to disagree. I agree that it is having an impact on indigenous governments. In the Northwest Territories, like I said, three to four times the national average, we are being impacted. We are living climate change. We are dealing with it. We are dealing with these issues.
The one unique thing about the Northwest Territories is that, with each community, whether they're a designated authority, the reserve or the municipality, we work with them to train and give them them the skills we have in place. Each community has an emergency management plan in place. Some communities have more staff and more resources, and some don't.
Again, it's very much about each community having its own plan. We work with them. We don't designate them or treat them differently. Jean Marie, which has 65 people, is no different from Fort Simpson, which has 1,250 people, or Hay River, which has 3,500 people. We treat everybody the same. We work on plans. They all have their own plans. Again, we do tabletop exercises, and we try to work with them and treat them the same as much as we can.
There are some unique challenges for indigenous governments. It's more about having resources. Hay River has more resources than Fort Simpson, and Fort Simpson has more resources than Jean Marie. Again, it's accessibility. In Fort Simpson, there's an ice road and a ferry, and that has an impact. Jean Marie has an all-season road. Hay River has an all-season road. Again, it's about location and the size of it, but we treat each community with the same respect that everybody should be treated with.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.