Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, stand in support of the motion of the principle of this Assembly doing what we can and what we should and in fact reaching out to set the tone and show as much leadership as we can. Really, Mr. Speaker, on behalf of our children and the future generations of northerners, the decisions that we make today are more and more having such long-term impact that we really have to look at what we're doing through the eyes of the generations yet to come, and this is very much that kind of work, Mr. Speaker. There are so many, many aspects, as my colleagues have touched on and I know others will, but there are a couple of measures, you know, in terms of what can we do, what can this government do to make an impact on climate change, on greenhouse gas, which we are to some extent already engaged in, Mr. Speaker. The first one is the development of large-scale, or at least relevant to the Northwest Territories, Mr. Speaker, large-scale hydro as the alternative to diesel generation for electrical, for heating and for industrialization. Mr. Speaker, we are already well underway to expanding the Taltson hydro regime to the south of the lake to supplying diamond mines to the north, to potentially adding new sources of energy for heat, alternate sources of energy for heat in Fort Smith. Mr. Speaker, there's talk also of potentially another mine starting in that area. They also will need energy. So these things all come into play that make so much sense for us to engage in the Taltson project. We just this afternoon talked about the viability of the Great Bear project as a source of power for the proposed Mackenzie gas pipeline. All of these things, Mr. Speaker, are the things that will not only make good economic sense today, but will be the kind of legacy projects that I know our descendants will hopefully look back and thank us for doing what we're doing.

Mr. Speaker, I think another very, very accessible way that we have to make a big difference on greenhouse gas emissions from our communities is the capture of excess heat from the diesel, and in some communities the gas engines that make our electrical power. Mr. Speaker, when you burn a litre of diesel fuel to make electrical power, you're only getting about 35 to 40 percent efficiency. The rest of it largely goes up the stack in heat and gases in the environment and by tapping the cooling systems that these engines need and putting that heat in circulation in buildings and manufacturing facilities, water treatment plants, perhaps swimming pools -- swimming pools are kind of a popular thing around here these days -- we can save enormous amounts of fuel and, consequently, cost and, of course, the impact on the environment.

So those are two ready things, Mr. Speaker, that our governments are already engaged in. If anything, we should be more aggressive, more ready to take on the debt that we know we have to incur to get these things started. But, Mr. Speaker, we should be very confident and very secure in the knowledge that in the long run this is the right thing to do. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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