Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  We need an answer quicker because with the demands on industry, the costs go up almost a quarter each year if it's a major project. It really affects our communities.

Finance committee  When I look at long term, I look at a community being planned for ten, fifteen, or even twenty years down the road. It makes it very difficult if we can't look at that funding with an idea of getting it. I'll give you an example. We applied for an infrastructure grant to improv

Finance committee  It wouldn't be fair because I'm not in the Yukon. It would not really affect us at the present time, so I'll turn it over.

Finance committee  It doesn't really make it any easier. Infrastructure is a big demand, and—I'm just going to refer to it as “industry”—industry has a hard time enticing people to come and work north. People who come to work north want to have the luxuries they have in Calgary or Toronto. They wan

Finance committee  It may help another city. It may help another area, another community. It may not help us directly.

Finance committee  Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Jim Eglinski, and I am the mayor of the city of Fort St. John. I have with me Mr. John Locher, my city manager. Thank you for inviting us to speak here today. We agree with the premise of your consultation initiative that if Canada is