Natural Resources committee  No, our focus has been on municipal accounts and municipal electricity consumption. We haven't been able to do it on a broader basis; we just don't have the authority to do that. But there is, for example, a municipal showcase project out right now in Alberta. We're building a new municipal facility and are installing solar photovoltaic panels on the municipal centre to generate electricity to meet its electrical needs—though I'm not sure about the percentage.

Natural Resources committee  On the Drake Landing solar neighbourhood, for example, that was the largest procurement in Canadian history of solar thermal panels: 800. And the firm that we purchased from was EnerWorks. They're based in and manufacture out of Ontario. Of some of the challenges that we had on that project, there was quite a bit of European technology that we had to depend on, not the least of which was glycol.

Natural Resources committee  We're a small organization, with about 150 employees. As I said in my presentation, it's a way of doing business, it's not a “department of”. That's the context under which all of our business planning is undertaken. We don't specifically right now have an environmental coordinator.

Natural Resources committee  All of the above. We just went through an interesting philosophical debate at the council meeting a couple of weeks back, whereby we were advocating to council that they pay a premium to purchase additional green electricity to achieve our targets and to show environmental leadership in the community.

Natural Resources committee  We've utilized extensive FCM green municipal funds for projects and municipal rural infrastructure funds. On the Drake Landing there were a significant number of contributors, from TEAM, PERC, SDTC, Natural Resources Canada, the Government of Alberta, and the Climate Change Centre.

Natural Resources committee  I think the community needs to take stock of itself, in terms of its resources and its community aspirations and where it is, and articulate a vision from there. That is the core of the issue. To your first question, if I may, there are many bylaws in Okotoks with respect to these initiatives, particularly around waste management and limitations on material at curbsides and on water management.

Natural Resources committee  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It's a real honour to be here this afternoon to speak to you about a little town in southern Alberta with two OK's. As I was flying across this beautiful land last night and somewhat lamenting the absence of one Canadian hockey team in the Stanley Cup playoffs, I was thinking about the abundance of resources or the lack of resources in this country and how that is constantly challenging Canadian ingenuity in terms of how we manage our affairs.