Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I certainly appreciate the comments of the Members on this issue. It is a very important issue, and it’s been an issue that the Department of Transportation has been looking at for some time in looking at the options that are possible within the area.

Given the location of where we live in the world — in the Northwest Territories — it’s important that we recognize we’re going to be the most impacted by climate change. It’s important that we do our share and lead by example.

Our government in the last while has been working hard to provide programs to provide incentives to reduce the cost of energy and promote energy efficiency for our homes and for our businesses. We’ve heard a lot about different ways to do that, and vehicles should be no different. We’ve really been working towards seeing what other jurisdictions are doing. We’ve done a scan on all the other jurisdictions across the country and how they work with the vehicle registration fee structures. A tiered approach, of course, is usually based on vehicle fuel consumption. But that’s just one of many options. Other jurisdictions are looking at a number of other things.

Of the 13 jurisdictions that we looked at, seven do not offer any type of incentives for fuel efficiency. Others do, however, based on different ways to calculate that. Some are based on vehicle weight, others are based on cylinder displacement, and some other jurisdictions offer a rebate on registration and insurance for vehicles that qualify for federal government programs.

Right now I wanted to inform the House that we are looking at a number of options that include a tiered registration system. We’d be glad to share our findings with all the Members of this House. As this motion is to provide direction to our government, Cabinet will not be voting on it.