Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Public Utilities Board determines rate zones and the Northwest Territories Power Corporation is a corporation that conducts the business of providing power to many of our communities, but not all of them. Some of our communities are on diesel. Others are on hydro. The government does provide a huge subsidy that diminishes the actual cost of the power that is provided to residents in many of the smaller communities. So we recognize that there is high cost and that there will be extreme hardship and this is the reason that governments in the past, this government included, continue to provide a way to diminish the difference between communities that have affordable rates and those that do not. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 331-14(6): High Cost Of Power In Small Communities
In the Legislative Assembly on June 13th, 2003. See this statement in context.
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Question 331-14(6): High Cost Of Power In Small Communities
Item 6: Oral Questions
June 12th, 2003
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