Transportation, operations expenditures, airports, not previously authorized, $146,000.

Transportation, operations expenditures, highways, not previously authorized, $95,000.

Transportation, operations expenditures, marine, not previously authorized, $12,000.

Transportation, operations expenditures, road licensing and safety, not previously authorized, $25,000.

Transportation, operations expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $226,000.

Page 15, Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, corporate management, not previously authorized, $1,000.

Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, minerals and petroleum resources, not previously authorized, $36,000.

Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, energy, not previously authorized, $439,000. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have to question the decision against the community’s wishes for a Whati transmission line design, when I believe one of the principles of this government is to support local energy generation. I’d like to ask what the reasoning is. How does this support that principle when we know that there is, for example, a proposal for a mineral development in the area, which is currently proposed to use diesel generation of power and increase our greenhouse gas emissions, lend no support in terms of economic development and jobs and so on for people, when we could be developing local power within Whati, recognizing that it is a big hit on the capital front-line side, but we’ve been postponing this for a long time? It’s time to get on with it.

I believe Yellowknife from time to time, certainly in low-water years, has to turn to our diesel generators. It’s the same for Behchoko, also on that same power system. Now we’re proposing to add

another community and possibly even another mine site without adding to the capacity of production. A couple of things that bring this into question. How does this fit with our principles and the current demand that already frequently exceeds the current power generation?

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is a project that was done in discussion in consultation with the Tlicho Government as well as the community of Whati. It depends on how you want to consider the sequencing. The transmission line will allow the community of Whati to go onto hydro. We know that we’re currently looking at expansion in a number of areas for hydro. We’re just concluding the Bluefish, for example, and we’re, through the energy plan as we’ve laid out to committee, going to be talking about the broadening of the grid and the connection of the grids going forward to allow us to move hydroelectricity throughout the grid. We recognize that there is an opportunity on the Lac La Martre River for a significant amount of power. The community was looking at a much smaller scale. It ended up, after basically years of work, is the plan is to move ahead initially with a transmission line.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Bromley.

No further questions.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, energy, not previously authorized, $439,000.

Industry, Tourism and Investment, operations expenditures, tourism and parks, not previously authorized, $26,000.