Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to mention a very interesting and beneficial idea that a community in my riding is investigating. The community of Wha Ti is currently investigating the cost effectiveness and the practicality of alternate energy sources for electricity.

It is my understanding the community has met with a company out of Vancouver, which manufacturers low cost turbines that a person anchors into a river bed and ties to the shore. This turbine, apparently, will produce the electricity and is environmentally safe. There are also no apparent ill effects caused to the fish or river, as this turbine only spins at the speed of the current, which allows fish to swim through the turbine.

Mr. Speaker, in this day conservation in all forms is the common practice and I applaud Wha Ti in pursuing alternatives to reduce the high cost of diesel generation for their residents and to also save the environment in doing so. Mr. Speaker, I wish the community the best of luck in this venture and am certain our Power Corporation will provide any assistance they can to ensure this will help the residents. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

--Applause