Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please bring the witnesses into the House.

Speaker Jacobson, if you would like to introduce your witnesses to the House, please.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. To the motion. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to introduce to you and through you a resident of Range Lake sitting with us today here, Mr. David Wasylciw. Mr. Wasylciw just launched a brand new resource website today called openNWT.ca. Congratulations, David.

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Thank you, committee. I’d like to thank Minister Miltenberger today, and again our guests here, Mr. Campbell and Mr. Mawdsley. Thank you for joining us today. With that, we’ll ask the Sergeant-at-Arms if he could please escort the witnesses out of the House.

Committee, as we agreed upon earlier, we’re going to continue here with the capital estimates under the Legislative Assembly. With that, we’ll go to the Speaker of the House, if he would like to bring witnesses into the House. Speaker Jacobson.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. To the motion. Mr. Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For the most part, when people think about the cost of living, they gravitate to the high price of energy they pay. This would be a normal reaction given that we in the NWT face some of the highest energy costs in the modern world. Admittedly, when asked how to fix this, I’m sure many would point to such alternatives as wind and solar as a way to wean ourselves off fossil fuel.

These alternatives do have merit on displacing carbon emission by lowering diesel consumption, yet from an economic or commercial viability perspective, you would be lucky to recover your capital...

Thank you, committee. If I can get you to return to page 17, Environment and Natural Resources, total infrastructure investments, $11.343 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The motion is in order. To the motion. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Mr. Lovely and Mr. Aumond, welcome to the House again this evening. With that, we’ll proceed with general comments. Mr. Bouchard.

Thank you, Mr. Campbell. Committee, on page 22, forest management, infrastructure investments, $8.720 million. Does committee agree?