Rebates are fine, but when you look at the cost of installation and the cost of the appliances themselves, not every family, even in the larger communities like he’s saying, has the kind of money sitting around in their back pocket to go out and do this. We need more help from this government. I know it’s a lot of money, but if you look at all the things that we spend a lot of money on, we spend millions of dollars on studying the kinds of things that Mr. Miltenberger’s talking about. I’m asking for something quick, tangible and real.
The government should just phone a manufacturer of woodstoves and pellet stoves and buy a trainload, buy them wholesale, get them in here so people can access them. Get a program started so people can do this. It’s fine to say there’s a rebate out there, go apply for it.
What can the Minister do specifically in light of these prices of oil which we’re going to see increasing here over the next days and who knows where it’s going to stop? What can this government
proactively do? Do something crazy. Buy a trainload.