Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I apologize to the witnesses. I got tied up at Rideau Hall with an investiture for one of my constituents. You understand the importance of recognizing northern heroes. You know that with our limited population, when we do get recognition at a national level, it's very important to honour it.
My concern and probably my expertise in northern issues have always been around energy. Last summer we saw the rising oil prices, and we all knew what that meant to northern territories--especially Nunavut, which is so reliant on fossil fuel energy sources and probably requires more per capita than anywhere else in the country.
Can you describe to me the direction Nunavut wants to take to ease that burden, and how the federal government could be assisting to a greater extent in ensuring that Nunavut has a future energy use that is more sustainable, more affordable, and more locally produced?