Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions will be directed to MACA, Minister of MACA. Can the Minister inform this House as to how many of our schools within the NWT have backup generators to serve as muster points within our smaller communities? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you. I think that question may go to ECE. I think that's -- if we're talking about schools and backup generators, so Minister of ECE.
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd have to go and look and see which schools are designated as muster points and which one of those have backup generators. But I can confirm that two of the schools the Member was discussing in his Member's statement do not have backup generators. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister look at equipping the schools that are not equipped with backup generators to have them installed within the schools? With the recent power outage in Fort McPherson, it shut the whole community down, even the schools and recent years before the school burnt down, we were able to attend the school because they had a backup generator but the new school doesn't. So will the Minister look at equipping schools within the NWT with backup generators in the future? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can look at the capital standards to see if new school builds that are designated as muster points in the community for emergency purposes do have the requirement that they have backup generators. And then I can also commit to getting a comprehensive list of the status of existing school infrastructure for the Member as well. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Final supplementary. Member from Mackenzie Delta.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you to the Minister. They have these sea cans now that can be adjusted to fit these buildings. Will the Minister look at consulting with the two communities in my riding to look at the process of obtaining backup generators for these schools in the immediate future so they could be utilized as muster points? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, any kind of investment of that size would have to go through our capital planning process, and so I can certainly look into what the cost would be and make sure that the Member is aware and commit to bringing that back to the Member. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife North.
