I'll note a couple of things on this. There was a lot of talk earlier about permitting. The Inuvialuit energy security project went through a lot of the permitting debate, which was talked about a few minutes ago. We were through the CER process. There was definitely a lot of overlap between regional consultation and environmental review and with what the federal department was doing. Even for a relatively small project like ours—it had only a half-billion-dollar number—we were four years in the permitting process, which is far too long. I don't think external investors would have had the patience to do this. Kudos to the Inuvialuit for sticking with it.
The second thing is that we're actively working. We have funding with the Canada Infrastructure Bank. We're looking to expand our funding with the federal government. A whole bunch of programs have been announced, but it's very unclear how they all work together, whether it be something backed by DND, the indigenous loan guarantee program or the Canada Infrastructure Bank. It's not easy, even for us as an indigenous proponent, to come to the government and to get clarity as to who's going to help and what that's going to look like. We get passed around between the various departments. The Inuvialuit are fortunate that we have good access to government, but that's still not clear to us.
Clarity of permitting and financial support are top of mind.
