Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thanks to the Minister. I agree this is complex and there’s a complexity to this that can’t be addressed in this format, but this Minister is not coming forward with discussions on revenue generation. We’re not

having any of that. There’s no analysis being done. To do analysis requires an unbelievable effort on part of committee. Currently there is no tax levy on natural gas and propane in the NWT. The Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, had it gone ahead, would have been powered on natural gas without a penny of tax collected by this government, and this situation, this travesty remains true today. Not surprisingly, no other jurisdiction subsidizes such fossil fuel consumption and foregoes revenues in this completely inexplicable way.

Would the Minister at least consider closing the policy gap and protecting our people by establishing a revenue opportunity to help with costs incurred from that activity, even though he’s refused to do so to date? Mahsi.