Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Lee.

Thank you, Minister Lee. I think the window we had into this was through the oral health provision under this directorate division. Anything further, Mr. Krutko?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are also for the lead Minister on energy issues. I would like to follow up on my colleague Ms. Bisaro’s questions. I often wonder what this coordinating committee is up to. One of the things that I know we’re trying to do is get community energy plans from every community. Is the Minister ensuring that those plans have energy reduction targets, energy efficiency targets, conservation targets, and renewable energy targets or is it just community energy plans that can say yeah, we’re going to do our best to do what we can to reduce our energy needs?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. I understand you have a motion to move. Please proceed.

COMMITTEE MOTION 19-16(4):

ESTABLISHMENT OF A FULL-TIME NURSING POSITION IN TSIIGEHTCHIC,

CARRIED

Activity summary, supplementary health programs, operations expenditure summary, $23.074 million.

Thank you, Minister Lee. Next on my list I have Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. I think it would be appropriate to go back to page 8-17 for that. For that, I will need unanimous consent of committee. Do I have unanimous consent to go back to page 8-17?

---Unanimous consent granted.

So be it, Mr. Krutko. Page 8-17.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I’d like to clarify some discussion points on energy issues in a way that will help us move forward on the opportunities we have for developing these should we choose to do so.

At a recent opportunity I had to speak with consultants about energy issues I asked them whether northern utilities provided programs to help residents purchase appliances that would help reduce their energy cost. To my astonishment they responded that alternative energy was something that wasn’t feasible and went on about alternative energy. The response did not have anything to do with the...

Thank you, Mr. Elkin. Mr. Beaulieu. Back to Mr. Krutko.

Thank you. Moving on. Page 8-25, activity summary. Ms. Bisaro.