Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Roland.

Thank you. Total department, $2.92 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Premier if he has any plans or if this government has any plans to put something in place from a legislative point of view, that would create a monopoly for those communities which are presently being served by the NWT Power Corporation, to prevent such a scenario from happening. We know that in Fort Simpson it almost did happen, where an outside community came in and took that particular community out of the NTPC revenue base and mix. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Hawkins.

Agreed. Thank you. Information item, active positions on page 5-19.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Is the committee agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. General comments. Mr. Hawkins.

Agreed. Thank you. Asset management, grants and contributions, total grants and contributions, $572,000.

Systems and communications, total systems and communication, $200,000.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am also wondering how many of the 22 recommendations that were contained in that report have been acted on to date. I think there were some good recommendations that came out of that work. Specifically, one of the recommendations related to the protection of the asset of the Power Corporation as it relates to the franchises for providing power in the NWT communities.

At the time, we were going through an interesting scenario where other people were coming in from outside and trying to bid on what they thought were profitable communities in the North, to...