Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we, as a government, do a number of things to try to offset the high cost of living in the Northwest Territories. One, we have a senior fuel subsidy. Two, through the housing program where we have social housing in place, full utility costs are not paid on that basis, as well as through a number of initiatives whether through working with hunters' and trappers' organizations and some of the funding that flows out of that. So there are a number of factors that we do try to help offset the costs. Particularly with fuel, we do subsidize it in a way because we are not adding the cost of the capital infrastructure to the price of fuel in communities. Unfortunately, the way we are structured is, once we receive the fuel in the tanks, we are charged that amount from the supplier. We have to pay it. Our ability to take a loss in the area of fuel sales is very limited. We have tried to offset the higher cost by putting a 10 cent reduction on home heating oil on the last price changes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Floyd Roland on Question 402-15(4): Fuel Pricing In Small Communities
In the Legislative Assembly on February 15th, 2006. See this statement in context.
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Question 402-15(4): Fuel Pricing In Small Communities
Oral Questions
February 14th, 2006
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