Again, Mr. Chairman, I want to say that of this money, there is $800,000 out of the million that was spent on research, so it is not just consultation. There is a lot of research that was done. We could rely on the private sector to just look after us but we really, in our responsibility to the public, have to have a pretty clear idea of what potential is out there and what are the resources that we are managing on behalf of the residents of the Territories.
I do not think it would be responsible just to depend on the private sector to just do it for us without us having any idea what is there. I think there is a need for us to do that research and decide for ourselves to what extent we want to take advantage of the opportunity.
As well, Mr. Chairman, there is always the need to balance the paying for the costs that people are facing and trying to manage businesses or social programs and so on. A balance between that and a balance between putting our money into investing where it is either going to cut our costs or generate new reviews.
This year, this supp, for example, there is $2.7 million in here because of forced growth on energy costs. That would just continue to grow. I do not think that it will be responsible to not look at ways of cutting that cost through the Energy Secretariat's initiatives or looking at initiatives like the hydro one, where we are saying if we cannot cut the costs down and balance our budgets only that way, we need to look at new revenue opportunities. That is what this hydro potential is basically doing, is saying let us find a way of generating new revenue and also have the opportunity to decrease our dependence on diesel. Thank you.