Mr. Speaker, as I did a statement in this House just the other day about some of the decisions we have to make as Members of the Legislative Assembly, some of those will require some debate and making some tough decisions in the overall interest of the whole of the Northwest Territories. That’s the type of information we’re trying to get so we can sit down and look at that. Unfortunately, when we do go out through a process and make the public aware that we are doing a review or investigating an initiative or, as the Members have pointed out, a couple of the other ones that have gone out publicly, that
does cause concern in the Northwest Territories. I believe that if we’re going to do our job we have to look at the options available to us and at least investigate them to see if we’re on the right track. If it does mean cost savings to people in the North and a stabilization of our rates then that is something we should follow up on.
Now, will it mean that? Not sure. What resources do they bring to the table? Not sure. We want to see what they’re prepared to put on the table in the sense of helping us stabilize rates and the cost of living and what it means for employment and securing the energy sector in the Northwest Territories and further development of our energy sector as well. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.