Ronald Bonnetrouge

Mr. Speaker, I rise again to talk about the biomass energy in the Northwest Territories and the use of it, specifically to the NWT Housing Corporation, because the corporation itself has about 2600 units up and down the Valley and their fuel budget every year is $9 million. Other departments have started on the biomass wood pellet boiler systems, specifically infrastructure, at that time it was Public Works and Services. We started incorporating them into their buildings and into the schools and I am familiar with the school in Fort Providence, I think that I voiced that many times here.

And...

Yeah, I don't have too many questions here. I'm just struck by when they mentioned the MAP program, the mentor apprenticeship on that. We don't have a line item for it in here. So is there any specific budget going to this and how does that program work? If I could get some clarification. And mahsi.

Mahsi. The Tulita Solar Project, I know there's been questions about it where we were asking about other communities. I'm just wondering where this was set up or which organization? Mahsi.

I'll just retract that one. Maybe it's steamships maybe on that one, but.

The community government retrofits, was that the one that I was at ... or the energy efficiency incentive program, it provides financial assistance to reduce electrical, heat energy, and water. It's only a hundred thousand. Is that available for community NGOs and local businesses? Mahsi.

Mahsi for that. Mahsi, Madam Chair. There's a lot of little programs within here; they're almost kind of similar, they must be tied together somehow. But I'm just wondering about the NWT energy efficiency projects which has about $300,000. It's working with specifically, this one is stating it works with NTPC to integrate residual heat, variable speed generators and other energy technologies to reduce fossil fuel consumption.

I don't think I'm aware of anything like this. Can you provide clarification as to what that is actually doing? Mahsi.

Are any communities accessing this program and if you could get some examples. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I note the time was 18 minutes and we only got we're done with all the other speakers.

But I noted the Minister mentioned there was a project here in Yellowknife that they were completing, and she also mentioned previously that Aklavik has a system that the corporation is utilizing from a local contractor or a local organization that's heating one of their buildings. I'm just wondering if the Minister could share information in terms of savings through the corporation since that incorporation of that arrangement. Mahsi.

No further questions. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. As I stated too last week that I was very impressed with the values and vision of the corporation and where they got innovation, and I was kind of excited about that, because they continue to you know, they strive to improve. They're creative, adaptable, and flexible. Some of that stuff is leading well to the energy the wood pellet boiler energy plan. And I also stated about the contract services, Mr. Speaker. We can to encourage these contract services to the LHOs, you know, the department could consider contracting out these services so the contractor would purchase...

Mahsi, Madam Chair. My question's in relation to the Early Childhood Infrastructure Fund. I believe you had an application process out earlier in the year, I believe, or last year to apply for early childhood infrastructure funding. And that one was to preserve existing centres, also to create new licensed daycare centres. I'm just wondering if this program would help an organization build a new infrastructure from the ground up? Mahsi.