Thank you, Madam Chair. I have some issues with this showing up in the Finance budget. I recognize perhaps there is an argument to be made that we should subsidize power in the smaller communities, the thermal communities, a.k.a. diesel communities. Providing power to those communities is extremely costly, but I just question why this shows up in Finance. The Power Corporation already has a variance of rates used for different regions. There is already a formula set out where, I believe, Fort Smith pays less power than Hay River, and Hay River pays a little more than Yellowknife. There are different rates based on the infrastructure and the costing that the Power Corporation has done. As an arm's-length government corporation, can I just get some reasoning as to why we then go and give them more money for this specific program? It seems out of touch with how they do the rest of their programming. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Rylund Johnson on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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