Baker Lake is the geographical centre of Canada, and that has been our slogan to try to help attract tourism. I think prior to the mine, we had a lady named Jessie Oonark, a very famous printmaker, who was an attraction for tourists.
The problem is that for anybody to come up to our community, the costs are extremely high. The airfare and the hotel take up maybe 80% to 85% of the cost. Whatever little extra they want to buy in the community, the spinoff...I don't know if it's fair, because I think one industry takes most of the money. If a person from the south came up and wanted to buy something little, a carving or whatever, there's not much left.
Prior to the mine, the main attraction was canoeing. Environmental people and others like to paddle down the Thelon and the Kazan. By the time they come back, they've paddled a long trip. If they want to buy a little souvenir or something, carvings can be pretty expensive.
So I don't know where the funding would be, but arts and crafts is a cottage industry, and Baker Lake is still trying to go.... I think among the young people, not a lot are artists. They're looking to find new work.