Thank you, Madam Chair.
It's been a very impassioned session this afternoon. I think it's because we all realize the seriousness of the situation and we're frustrated with the chronic lack of progress. I think all of us around the table—all parties and those of us virtually—really want to see substantial progress made. It's because we care so much about this community.
I'm looking again at the Kashechewan situation. I want to follow along Mr. Kram's line of questioning.
This poor community has gone through evacuations. Some have been precautionary and some have been after they've been flooded over and over agin. We can only imagine how disruptive that is. Now you have this situation in which you temporarily move them to higher ground, onto their traditional lands. We know the definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Why is this only temporary? Is there any consultation with the community to see if they would like to be permanently relocated on their traditional lands that are at higher elevation? Then they could maybe get through a year without being disrupted and uprooted.