Mr. Chair, I would like to continue this dialogue with the Minister on the issue of wood chips. We come from hard, strong working families in our communities. It may be a little different today; however, the Minister raises some points. I would like to have further discussion. I also look at the opportunity. Do not dismiss the concept of a wood chips because of what the Minister says. We have always come over some difficulties and hardships in the Sahtu.

Look at the Norman Wells community that had to deal with the running out of gas and other issues in the area. I want to ask the Minister to keep an open mind. Let’s have some further discussions. I think this would be really good. We need to get our people out working hard and getting away from the communities. There is high unemployment in our communities. There are a lot of young guys that can do a lot of hard work. Anyhow, that can be said in another meeting here.

I want to ask the Minister before my time runs out, in terms of the Arctic Energy Alliance, has the Minister received some discussion papers, option papers as to where we can save money in our smaller communities that primarily rely on diesel? We just had a motion here on the oil heaters. That is what we want. Has the Minister looked at the Arctic Energy Alliance so that we would look at some of the initiatives that we can pursue in our diesel fuel communities? It would help with the carbon emission and help with the cost of living. Take some of these initiatives that make sense, look into those communities such as Colville Lake or Deline or Paulatuk or Sachs Harbour, high cost of living in Trout Lake and any of the communities that I mentioned that it costs quite a bit to live there. Can we have some more discussions on some of these initiatives that would save us money in the long run?