Thanks, Madam Chair. I disagree with the Premier on this. I think we should have a plan. That is something that can be costed and taken to Ottawa for money, and that is something that Ottawa would be interested in seeing. I'm interested in seeing it as well.

I want to just speak briefly about one of these projects, the Whati transmission line. I raised this in the last Assembly. I've already had one e-mail exchange with the Minister of Infrastructure. I think this is not a sound project. For the money that that's going to cost, we could get mini hydro in three of the Tlicho communities. I just don't think that that's a good investment of money, and we're going to have that debate and discussion, I'm sure, in the next capital budget as well.

I just want to raise one more thing, Madam Chair, and that's this section here is really devoid of any mention or discussion of what role the Northwest Territories Power Corporation is going to play in reducing the cost of power and increasing use of alternative and renewable energy. We do have Arctic Energy Alliance mentioned there. We do have NTPC, but there's nothing about governance in here. We had a long discussion earlier today about governance. What I see the core problem with NTPC is that they are married to this idea of big grids, big infrastructure, and that they have to maintain a rate base to fund that. The rest of the world is moving in a different direction. Smaller grids, energy self-sufficiency, and that's the kind of approach that NTPC needs to start to adopt. Get on board, folks, and find a way so that we can have net metering. Improve net metering options, and build energy self-sufficiency. That's not what the energy strategy does. In fact, it reinforces the position of NTPC, and I don't think that is the kind of direction that we can and should be going.

I would like to hear from the Premier. What is her vision of the future for NTPC and delivering energy at a lower cost in alternative and renewable energy? Thanks, Madam Chair.