Michael Miltenberger

That average is based on actuals. On this page, the only actuals we see are 2011-2012. So there are two other years of actuals but the actual number isn’t listed. All we’ve listed here are the mains and revised estimates. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, that work is being done. The Member is correct; it’s not just the liquid natural gas, but it is going to be the cost and the impact of shipping it up by diesel-fuelled trucks. When that work is concluded, we will share it with committee. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, we are concluding the front-end work on the electronic waste piece and we are going to be moving to implementation. I would suggest in 2014-15, we probably would be making reference to that where there would be some initial preliminary work at the planning level, but the focus for the next year or year and a half is going to be to get the work done on the electronic waste off from paper into reality. Thank you.

[Microphone turned off] …the intent of the motion. We just finished about six months of work on the business plan, and that’s not to say that there’s no time when a good idea doesn’t make sense. But it is into the final hours as we try to manage ourselves through the times we’re in.

I’ve also heard, across the floor, a number of MLAs speaking strongly against the subsidy they would have in place to cushion the rate shock of the increases as the Power Corp catches up to having five years or four years of no increases in their fuel costs. So if the Members opposite all said collectively that they...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to thank my colleagues for their thoughtful comments and feedback. I would like to start by just trying to bring a number of pieces together here. There were questions and concerns raised about what’s happening to the environmental landscape around us with the changes at the federal level and what that means to us. What are we doing to fill in? How are we going to manage our affairs in spite of that?

At the same time, we are working on devolution to take over land, water and resource development.

Then there is the concern raised about transboundary waters...

I’ll commit to give it a serious relook. It’s been a number of years and I know the Member has been a passionate advocate of that particular issue. So I’ll take another look, now that we’ve had some time to look at the costs and the money that’s available, and I’ll report back to committee. Thank you.

Yes, Madam Chair.

Mr. Chair, let me speak specifically to the Power Corporation and the issue of the electricity. Should we be able to finalize the arrangements for liquid natural gas, that will be an all-in cost per gigajoule that we are of the opinion if things hold constant with what we know so far, it will be significantly cheaper than what is currently available in Inuvik right now. That will be funded through that price per gigajoule that we would sell the product for and we’d capture any capital expenditures that would be required to ready the…mainly dealing with storage. The Power Corporation in Inuvik...

Yes, Mr. Speaker

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regard to the fracking and the comments from the Member, the Member is correct. This is a procedure that there are risks. There is no doubt. The work we are undertaking is to see how we can achieve that balance, if we intend to proceed, between the fracking and the protection of the environment. How do we do that? We know that there are chemicals. We are going to come out with the guidelines. We are going to be working with committee. We are going to have to collectively come to grips with this. By the fall, we hope to be able to do that.

In regard to our water being...