I certainly have to clear it with the Minister that we want to use the biomass, and I just want to make a point that some things in life are unpredictable. Biomass, certainly now, if you look at it, if the Minister is to do an analysis, it is costing us a little more than the fuel right now, I believe, and it’s a different form of energy use in our small communities. I just wanted to raise that point there that hopefully one day we don’t have to go outside the Northwest Territories to use fuel. Right now we’re getting this from Edmonton.
On my last point, I want to raise the point that I appreciate the Northwest Territories Power Corporation putting in a solar power diesel plant in Colville Lake. Colville Lake also sits on a large field of natural gas. I’m not too sure why this government – maybe they have – looked at using the natural gas system to use it as an energy means for Colville Lake. It bewilders me as to we have these resources tapped into our region and they’re sitting there stranded. Colville Lake is one example. This is from one of the constituents in the region that pointed this out to me. Hopefully, that will have some other type of consideration and thinking as to the energy use in the Sahtu. We have the natural gas fields there, we have the Canol shale play that’s there, and we have the use of the Bear River hydro opportunity there for some use and we are looking at other ways to energize our homes and our businesses. I’m thinking here under this section.
Those are my comments. I appreciate the Minister working with the community and working with the region looking at ways that I’d like to continue to support the trappers and the hunters with their harvesting methods, their lifestyle on the land to see if there are ways we can reduce the cost of gas for community members for heating up their homes or for going out and practicing their way of life by harvesting wildlife and trapping and all the other good things that go along with being on the land.
Those are my comments. I’m not too sure if there’s a question in there. Thank you.