Actually, I had the opportunity to visit Giant Mine last July, when I was up on my northern tour. I went to Inuvik for nutrition north and visited the people of Giant Mine. I can tell you that this is part of our government's commitment to clean up and to remediate the top eight mines in all three territories. We're doing so with the perspective that those who have suffered throughout the years—the local communities, the first nations and other indigenous nations—should benefit now from the cleanup and the remediation.
As of May 2022, 51%—or approximately $315 million in contracts—has been awarded to indigenous contractors for Giant Mine alone.
As well, thanks to your leadership, MP McLeod, in August 2021, the Government of Canada and the Yellowknives Dene First Nation signed a co-developed community benefits agreement to make sure that the Yellowknives Dene will benefit from the remediation.
That's a principle we are going to operate on in all of the major mine cleanups in the north in the years that come.