I just wanted to make, I guess, an
observation if I could. Throughout this budget and the last four budgets that I’ve been a part of, there’s no shortage of position growth in the area of the Mackenzie Gas Project. We’ve probably grown by 70 positions just in the four and a half years I’ve been here, in that area alone.
Yes, the Mackenzie Gas Project is important to the future of the Northwest Territories, but if you look at the potential that hydro has in the Northwest Territories, why we don’t have a hydro specialist or somebody on staff where that’s their area of expertise…. You know, I would feel more comfortable than just leaving, like I said, an important file like hydro to a director inside a department that arguably is not even responsible for hydro. I mean, there are other departments around there. We need to get some expertise in this area, and I think we should probably look around at other jurisdictions and how they operate. Maybe they could recommend some people, because I do think we need some help in this area. Mahsi.