Thank you, Madam Chair. To me, if we want to make it fair and equitable to everybody, I think we have to make adjustments to every aspect of the whole pricing system. I think some of the newer tank farms don't require as much O and M as some of the older ones and the more remote communities, and I think that should be reflected in the price that a community is actually paying for. A community that moves a million litres a year should be paying, because the economy as a scale should be paying less overall for a community that moves 200,000 litres a year. I think that should be reflected in the community's costs somewhat, because I know up and down the Mackenzie Valley probably more fuel is moving in and out of those remote communities as opposed to, say, a community like Lutselk'e. But again, maybe that's something that the department has to revisit, and if we want to make this fuel pricing fair to everybody and everybody pay their costs associated with it, I think every part of the whole pricing system has to be adjusted to reflect the real costs. That was basically the main concern I had with the PPD and Public Works and Services. Other than that, I know that during the budget process we've got a lot of other questions related to the energy efficiency measures that the department will be taking on, and we're going to be going through that and bringing up some of those issues a little later on today in the deliberations. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Robert Villeneuve on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 13th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 12th, 2006
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