Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker...(English not provided)

Mr. Speaker, I, too, have full support of this motion that's been brought forward. With the climate change, as Mr. Yakeleya indicated, our elders are watching us and how we proceed with this process. Also our elders are watching TV. Believe it or not, they're asking their grandchildren what's on the news, the climate change, international, the North, the communities. They're very curious because we've had a lot of changes lately with the winter road operation. There was a big question mark last year; for example, Gameti, we weren't sure if we were going to get a winter road, but gradually we did. This year we got a winter road way ahead of time. The weather is unpredictable. What's going to happen next year? So the elders are surely looking at us. They're probably watching us now waiting for us to make a decision on this. They're watching the government across from us to see what their approach would be on this particular issue, because it's a very important issue for the communities of the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Speaker, with the greenhouse gas emission that was announced in 2001, the 52 percent came from industry. Mr. Speaker, there's been ongoing discussion with the industry representatives about potential hydro commitment from their perspective. So that's ongoing and we would like to see that further discussion with the industries as well. Also, the commercial industries, the pellet stove initiatives. We're also eyeing that. We've been questioning the department and the departments are fully aware that we want to go in that direction. Also, the 4 percent community electricity. You know, we talk about the pellet stove, the subsidy Mrs. Groenewegen brought up before, how can we subsidize the pellet stove, wood stove and so forth to cut down on the gas emission on the diesel or propane. So those are initiatives that we want the government to pursue and we'd like those findings reported back to us as well.

There's also the Yukon government who is taking measures to reduce greenhouse emissions. There's been a report done on that. Let's do our part.

The diesel generations in the community. You know, the diesel generations in isolated communities, it's heavy in emissions, the fumes, the emissions drift off to on the lakes, on the land, on the snow. You know, we survive on water in the communities. That's our fresh intake for tea, coffee and regular drinking water. You know, Mr. Speaker, by golly, no one can have a BLT -- bannock, lard and tea -- without fresh water or snow. That's our tradition.

Lastly, Mr. Speaker, we must involve the claimant groups, the claimant groups that we have signed off agreements with. We must respect their agreements, as well, and involve them in the decision-making process. Mahsi.

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