Government Operations committee  Yes, absolutely. There is either some sort of a grocery store, a co-op, or a gas station. There are facilities in every one, or even a community office, or a band council office where there could be a corporate outlet.

Government Operations committee  Yes. I don't know how Canada Post makes these decisions. They have opened up offices in the last five or 10 years in a couple of the smaller communities: Colville Lake and Trout Lake. The fact that some of our communities still don't have access to proper postal service, I think, is an issue here.

Government Operations committee  We don't have cell service in all the communities here, of course, and we don't have high-speed Internet in most of the communities here. The Internet was out here this morning. I'm trying to do work over in the assembly and it was out. Our service is not very reliable, and it's too expensive compared to most other parts of Canada.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Welcome to Yellowknife, everyone. I've been a resident of Yellowknife for over 30 years. I have served on Yellowknife City Council. I am currently a member of the Legislative Assembly here for the Northwest Territories, representing one of seven Yellowknife ridings.