Thank you, Mr. Chairman On page 18 we talk about the amalgamation of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation and petroleum products. I have some concerns about that, as I have expressed in the past, and I would like to try and express them today. Power and fuel are two essential services that none of us can live without. The Northwest Territories Power Corporation is currently controlled in terms of the charges back through the Public Utilities Board. I have a kind of an uneasy feeling that we are putting two essential services under one umbrella, and yet when we did a review of government through the Strength at Two Levels report, we never really did a review of the NWT Power Corporation to determine if, in fact, it is being run as efficiently as has been suggested. I am not convinced, and I have spoken to Mr. Pollard on this, but I am not convinced that we should be amalgamating both these departments at this time until we get a better handle on the efficiency level of the current NWT Power Corporation.
One of the standing committee on finance's recommendations -- and maybe I am letting the cat out of the bag -- but one of the recommendations in the report is that we should fast-track the possibility of selling off, as has been suggested by the Minister of Finance, the NWT Power Corporation. So I have some concerns about the fact that we would be moving POL into that jurisdiction, and if we can get an agreement in this House, to fast-track -- if, as I say, we can get an agreement to fast-track the privatization of NWT Power, how that would affect the communities and the costs and the charge-back accordingly. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.