The Member continues to use today’s price as to why the general rate application was put through. The fact is the purchase of the fuel at the time was much higher than today’s environment. We cannot compare those two. That would not be doing justice to the issue that residents face in the Northwest Territories. We do see the power as a very serious one in the Northwest Territories. That is why the discussion paper has gone out about the rate distribution and the subsidy that is in place. Also, through this budget process that will be in front of Members to look at alternative energies and how we get that in place to help the cost of living issues in the Northwest Territories.

There are a number of things that this government and the Assembly itself is looking at to try to stabilize rates or find a way of lowering them and try to come up with some solution. As I have committed, if there are rate riders in place, depending on which communities to see when we might meet that target, I can get back to Members as to when some of those might be able to be dropped off.