Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think our first priority is the Mackenzie Valley Highway.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I want to just emphasize the need to develop communities, to make them places where if young people are going away to university or college in the south, they'll want to move back and keep these communities viable. We've got hundreds of millions of dollars invested in community infrastructure, and people want to live there.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can't address the issue of airport runways. I'm not familiar with it, but I could get the information from our members and get back to you. Neither can I comment on harbours. If memory serves, Tuktoyaktuk is interested in harbour development. I can get the information and forward it to you.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In representing community governments, one of our big needs is community government staff—people like senior administrative officers, financial officers, water plant operators. We're very pleased to be working with the Government of the Northwest Territories on the public services capacity initiative.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I think the only thing I'd like to say is that it's important to support and develop community infrastructure to make communities healthy and sustainable and affordable for people to continue to live and pursue their traditional lifestyle. That's the only thing I'd like to add.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the southern reaches of the territory, it would be similar to your area. In the higher Arctic, places like Sachs Harbour and Ulukhaktoq, it would be shorter. I'm not sure what the exact building season would be, but it would be two to three months.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It would be recreational facilities, fire trucks, community vehicles, hamlet offices, water, sewer....

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  They're very small.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It depends on the size of the plane, but I believe every community has an airport.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm not familiar with the schedules, but some may be from one to two times a week to daily, depending on the size of the community.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's the number I've heard, yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I believe we're talking about an all-season gravel highway. There are probably about 1,000 kilometres left.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't know off the top of my head. I'm sorry, I don't have that information.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In 2004 it was $186 million; the latest guess is about $400 million.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.