The tabled document that they refer to was tabled and it would be good if I could get a copy of that. Members don't receive tabled documents unless they ask for them, so I am asking for it now.
I'm satisfied with the answers for now. I will look at the document when I get it, Mr. Chairman. I just want to carry on with my general comments on the Power Corporation. A lot of the capital expenditures are still outstanding, as I said, because of a lot of outstanding issues. The board hasn't approved the capital; they expect to do it in November. Plus, there are two proposals before the Public Utilities Board that will probably determine changes in the financial picture of the Power Corporation.
One of the items that the Standing Committee on Finance requested is information on projects that are $250,000 and over. The corporation knows that we requested this; I just wanted to remind them that we are still looking forward to that.
Finally, Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to say that the only time people at the community level deal with the Power Corporation is when they pay their bills. There are still outstanding problems in the communities I represent, especially in Fort Simpson. This past year, there were some problems with the management of that operation. The Minister said they were there to work with the communities and I'm glad to hear that because the manager of the station in Fort Simpson took an early retirement because he was having a lot of problems with headquarters.
This man spent 33 years of his life working with this corporation, and to finish working for them that way is not a good way to work with people in the community. Everybody in the community knows this person and the feeling is that he wasn't treated very well. I don't know what the president or the Minister said to him, but usually when somebody retires, there is usually some sort of celebration or award. Certainly, when someone dedicates 33 years of his life to a corporation, he deserves something other than taking an early retirement because of the stress headquarters is putting him under.
I just wanted to tell the corporation that they are going to have to start working a lot better with the people in the communities and start treating people in the communities who are working for the corporation a lot better than they have. That is the experience we have had in Fort Simpson. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.