Madam Speaker, I don't have the intelligence of the situation to determine whether their investments were ill-advised or not. I know that there was $15 to $20 million taken out of the corporation to redirect to other economic developments other than energy development. Some of these investments have not worked out. But the Yukon government made a conscious decision to put the Power Corporation under the umbrella of the Yukon Development Corporation which gave them the flexibility to make decisions about what to do with dollars that were available from the Power Corporation, if there were any available.
That was their decision. I believe that some of the issues surrounding that have been considered negative, and perhaps taking away from the proper development of energy resources in the Yukon Territory. I think that these events can only lead us to make better decisions about where we go from here. We can learn from mistakes and profit from good decisions. The issue is somewhat like what the honourable Member is outlining. There have been concerns about how they pay their dividends and the power subsidy program, which is somewhat less than ours, because they are somewhat short of cash.
These are all areas I think we can learn from. We haven't made those decisions or decided to go in that direction, but I think whatever we do, we should do things for the benefit of Northwest Territories residents. Thank you.