Wally Schumann

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Department of Infrastructure will be doing an assessment of that building once it comes back into our possession and see what opportunities lie, if it has to be abated and disassembled and gotten rid of, or if there is a possibility of maybe taking a part of the building off and repatriating it in some other manner. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I can take that under advisement and then let the Member know.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Northern Frontier Visitors Centre has asked about returning this asset back to the Government of Northwest Territories, and they are in discussions with the Department of Infrastructure on it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Low Carbon Economy Fund is something that came up in short order with the federal government. They gave us a very short timeline to respond to what we think we could deliver on what their criteria was around this. It is still an ongoing bilateral agreement with the federal government. There were a number of initiatives that we have put forward. I am not so sure I can discuss them in the House right now, as the negotiations are still going back and forth with the federal government.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, we are still continuing to work on Cameron Falls. What happened was there was a pricing issue on the RFP, or tender, for that facility. That money has been carried over into this year, and we are continuing to work with the Department of Infrastructure on that, trying to move that project forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The point is well taken. The opportunity is here today. I can actually go a bit further. I could sit down with the superintendent myself to discuss these with the Member and have a discussion on what type of opportunities he thinks are possible coming forward and direct the superintendent to go into the regions and, based on those discussions, have discussions with the communities.

Around small business, there are a number of funding pots that are available through not just the tourism sector, a division of ITI, but also through the SEED opportunities and things. I welcome...

Going forward, I do not see us backing off on the commitment that we already give the Arctic Energy Alliance. We give them roughly $2.7 million a year, and 95 per cent of that comes from the territorial government. We believe this low carbon fund will help us meet our energy strategy going forward. Particularly, there is 15 per cent in the strategy that we want to use towards energy efficiency on buildings across the Northwest Territories, and 40 per cent for renewable energy sources for space heating by 2030. We need these types of resources to help accomplish this in our energy strategy...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This boat launch has gotten a lot of attention as of late. I think what we are trying to do is go in there, have the engineering people have a look at this, do the design work, and look at possibly moving this boat launch. I think we will have to get back to the Member on exactly what is going to happen moving forward after the engineering is completed. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We still have a $1.4 million commitment for the fish plant in Hay River, and we were working with the local fisheries and discussion with Freshwater Marketing Corporation on how we were going to move this forward and we are still wishing to move that forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Arctic Energy Alliance is a great organization that is helping us particularly move forward now with the mandate of this Assembly around energy conservation. Regarding the programs that the Member is talking about, we give $100,000 a year to the Arctic Energy Technology Program as well as $120,000 a year to the Commercial Technologies Conversation and Efficiency Program. The Member is talking about the uptake on this program. I believe it is a very successful program, but there are things in place to help address some of these things.

Presently, if a program is...