I think with something like the Taltson expansion we need to be thinking long term, we need to be thinking about the benefits to the people of the Northwest Territories, not just to the pocketbook of Deze which stands to make a lot of money from this if we go around the East Arm. There are other mining opportunities. There’s Avalon near Thor Lake, there are opportunities in Pine Point, and there’s also, hopefully someday if there aren’t already, opportunities in the North Slave Geological Province that can be accessed through alternate routes. I want to know why we’re so bent on going with this around the East Arm route through a park, a brand new federal park, when there are all these other opportunities which will create more opportunities in the long run such as an opportunity to create some grids. It seems awfully short-sighted to go around the East Arm and ignore these other routes. I was wondering if the Premier could tell me a little bit more about why we’re so set on that one route.
Glen Abernethy on Question 59-16(5): Taltson Hydro Expansion Project Proposed Transmission Lines
In the Legislative Assembly on March 23rd, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 59-16(5): Taltson Hydro Expansion Project Proposed Transmission Lines
Oral Questions
March 22nd, 2010
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