Mr. Chairman, a couple of things pop out for me. The first one is the $2 million across departments to fund increased utility costs. Not unrelated, the second one is $1.2 million for additional funds going towards the territorial power subsidy program.
I think we have big opportunities for energy savings and doing things in a better way that’s both cheaper and beneficial to our environment. I, of course, have been bringing some of those ways forward, and I know the Premier and his cabinet are aware of those. But I think it highlights, as well, some of the infrastructure, like the mini-hydro run-of-the-river projects that are small-scale, appropriate to the small communities and most beneficial to them.
A little bit of upfront pain can give really long-term gain financially as well as in these other areas of social and environmental benefits. So I’m hoping to see those sorts of things in the future. I realize this is just a supplementary budget, but these things do pop up.