Mr. Speaker, on March 1 at about 18:00 hours, 6:00 pm local time, power was interrupted in Iqaluit. At the time of the power failure the cat and EMD units were in operation. The Member is correct, officials and technicians are, at this point in time, evaluating the unit. The factory technician is also there. They are conducting a number of tests. At the time of the power outage, the cat unit was shut down over a temperature warning. When they did the inspection it was determined the unit was set to an inside air intake rather than an outside air intake. Mr. Speaker, although the cat unit is water cooled, the temperature is affected by the volume and temperature of air feeding the combustion process. With warmer plant air feeding the turbo charger, a greater volume of air is required and cooler outside air is feeding the process. With the volume of air flow fixed and inside air feeding the process, the system was starved. The engine worked harder to meet the load and the system was overheated and thus shut off.
Mr. Speaker, the problem was identified, the setting was corrected and power was restored within approximately 35 minutes. Mr. Speaker, the technical people will stay in Iqaluit until the problems have been resolved, regardless of the origin of the problem. The problems could be a result of human error, technical error or the fault of the plant. Thank you.