Michael Miltenberger

Mr. Chairman, apparently I said Ernie Daniels, I meant to say Ernie Campbell. Sorry.

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

I would like to thank the Member for the questions. This type of situation triggers a very comprehensive response. The Member is well aware of some of the other challenges we’ve had with leaks, not only in the Northwest Territories but just south of the border.

I believe that the regulatory process that is in place right now is adequate enough. We know, through history, that Enbridge wants to make sure that things run well, as well. It’s bad for the corporate image, it’s bad for the environment, it’s bad in every sense of the word when we have circumstances that have happened, as the Member has...

We are working with all the appropriate authorities to ensure that those issues, as outlined by the Member, are being addressed. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, that work is being done. The Member is correct; it’s not just the liquid natural gas, but it is going to be the cost and the impact of shipping it up by diesel-fuelled trucks. When that work is concluded, we will share it with committee. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, we are concluding the front-end work on the electronic waste piece and we are going to be moving to implementation. I would suggest in 2014-15, we probably would be making reference to that where there would be some initial preliminary work at the planning level, but the focus for the next year or year and a half is going to be to get the work done on the electronic waste off from paper into reality. Thank you.

[Microphone turned off] …the intent of the motion. We just finished about six months of work on the business plan, and that’s not to say that there’s no time when a good idea doesn’t make sense. But it is into the final hours as we try to manage ourselves through the times we’re in.

I’ve also heard, across the floor, a number of MLAs speaking strongly against the subsidy they would have in place to cushion the rate shock of the increases as the Power Corp catches up to having five years or four years of no increases in their fuel costs. So if the Members opposite all said collectively that they...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to thank my colleagues for their thoughtful comments and feedback. I would like to start by just trying to bring a number of pieces together here. There were questions and concerns raised about what’s happening to the environmental landscape around us with the changes at the federal level and what that means to us. What are we doing to fill in? How are we going to manage our affairs in spite of that?

At the same time, we are working on devolution to take over land, water and resource development.

Then there is the concern raised about transboundary waters...

I’ll commit to give it a serious relook. It’s been a number of years and I know the Member has been a passionate advocate of that particular issue. So I’ll take another look, now that we’ve had some time to look at the costs and the money that’s available, and I’ll report back to committee. Thank you.

Yes, Madam Chair.