Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, a comprehensive energy strategy for the Northwest Territories is an issue my fellow MLAs and I have been urging the government to adopt, an energy strategy that would tie all of the government's obligations and plans together to give us all direction.

The United States recently released their energy strategy and pressure is on for a continental energy strategy. With the energy crisis in the south, we must act before we are forced to react to external pressures.

The government has said that it is moving to develop an energy strategy and we have been trying to urge the government to develop a comprehensive strategy more quickly. My question for the Premier is, when will this comprehensive energy strategy be concluded and presented in this House? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.