I’m talking about the communities who have high dependency on diesel fuel. It’s going to be several years before this government gets around to seeing any of the energy initiatives that can change that. Yet we’re stuck with a scenario where we have diesel generators, we have community rates that are very high, and we have the high cost to operate and maintain public infrastructure.
I’d like to ask the Minister if they are doing anything to look at diesel communities in light of energy prices and in light of the cost of diesel fuel to run our public infrastructures. Communities in the Delta were paying $1.61 per litre for diesel fuel. To fill up your fuel tank in your home and your house is $2,000. It is affecting the residents in the Inuvik region.
I’d like to ask the Minister if he is looking at the diesel communities in the Northwest Territories and planning a scenario to deal with that problem.