The other thing with infrastructure is you have to have the infrastructure there for companies to invest in those communities. It's sometimes a catch-22. If you don't have the quality of life...and I happen to know Atikokan. I know what your swimming pool is like. I know what your skating rink is like. You don't have to push in your skating rink; you can just go downhill and uphill, and that's an indoor rink.
It is very important. Thank you for that answer.
Mr. Hanlon, we heard earlier in these hearings from a first nations witness from British Columbia who spoke about the success of their organization in terms of having a pilot project for youth. I think everybody on the committee remembers that discussion. The project was funded by the province, in this case, and a private funder.
The provincial government provides the funds for education while the private partner provides the summer jobs and mentoring for the students. The program covered everything from forestry technician, to skilled trades for the forestry sector, to forestry manager, to forestry business and business practices. Do you think this sort of program would be welcomed by your community and all of northern Ontario? Could you envision the federal government playing an active role in such an initiative in Ontario?