In 2013, when I visited Ottawa on numerous occasions, the big dock came up at our table. At the time, Transport Canada wanted to give it to community members—both the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and the Mikisew Cree First Nation.
We were down here on other matters, and it was brought to our attention that Transport Canada wanted to do away with the big dock. They wanted to get it off their books, but to do so, they asked the first nations if they wanted to take on the responsibility and liability of the big dock. They were going to give us $25 million to fix up the dock so we could use it and make sure that everything was going well, and from there on in, it would be up to the community to fix the dock. By choice, we said, “No, that's Transport Canada's position.” That's why Transport Canada still has it today. We're telling them that they're not going to get rid of that dock as long as emergency situations arise from it. It's our way out of the community.