Bob Bromley

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Roland.

Thank you very much, Mr. Yakeleya. General comments. Does committee agree this concludes general comments?

I also recall speaking to this subject in this House during budget reviews and pointing out that if we’re going to spend this money subsidizing commercial power use, then it should be spent to support initiatives such as the Sachs Harbour Cooperative which put up solar panels to reduce their power costs. Then it would actually be alternative energy dollars spent appropriately and meet the interest of supporting commercial users.

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Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Minister Roland.

Thank you. Page 2-30, activity summary, Cabinet support, grants and contributions, grants, $219,000; contributions, $592,000; total grants and contributions, $811,000, agreed?

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I appreciate that response from the Premier. I’m wondering what this government is doing to actually reduce the cost of living beyond buying out a reduction in the cost of living and putting it onto the back of our taxpayers indirectly, sort of hiding those costs in a way. Not that I don’t appreciate those programs; we need them as part of our strategy. But what are we doing to actually reduce the costs of services to our people and the cost of living directly?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Premier Roland.