Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to continue my questions with the Minister of the Ministerial Energy Coordinating Committee, Mr. Bob McLeod. In terms of the wood pellet boilers, in the isolated communities, as the Minister knows very well, the limited transportation availability in terms of getting material up there in a more economic fashion here. Would the Minister look at initiatives generated by the Sahtu? They have very good ideas of how to reduce their costs in small communities like Colville Lake, where they should have put in a wood pellet boiler into the school. Because of the information that the Minister provided me, the small, isolated communities are being penalized for living in those communities. We seem to serve more of the larger centres where there’s easy accessibility of supplies to come. Would the Minister look at communities where they could get some additional support faced with the unique challenges to have energy initiatives be driven in their communities to lower the cost of energy?
Norman Yakeleya on Question 198-16(3): Energy Initiatives In The Sahtu
In the Legislative Assembly on February 23rd, 2009. See this statement in context.
Question 198-16(3): Energy Initiatives In The Sahtu
Oral Questions
February 22nd, 2009
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