Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have, particularly in the area served by the Snare hydro system, seen the effects of increased loss of water. We are hopeful that this is just a cyclic type of event and that it isn't necessarily an ongoing problem. To date, there hasn't been a similar problem in the Taltson system. As I said earlier when asked by the Member for Yellowknife Centre about the low-water issue for the Snare system, we won't know until the end of June exactly what the results of the run-off have been. The amount of moisture that was in the snow that fell over the winter was, on average, the same as what we have seen in the past 18 years. So the amount of moisture that came down over the winter was about average. It will now remain to be seen how much of that winds up in the reservoirs.

There have been occasions in the past number of years, Mr. Speaker, where in spite of having a good snowfall over the winter, the evaporation has been so heavy that there has been very little of the moisture that winds up in the reservoirs. At this point in time, I don't foresee any change to rates as a result of low water. It is only in the Snare system so far that we have seen any indication of problems in the past. Thank you.