Natural Resources committee  Absolutely. It's to shut them down.

Natural Resources committee  We carried out a study near Iqaluit specifically, given that it's our best chance of displacing the largest amount of CO2 in fossil fuel use. We looked at 14 different sites around that area. We've identified, on a cost basis, the best location for us in terms of the infrastructu

Natural Resources committee  We would build the hydro project to match the requirements of the mine plus the city. For Iqaluit we're looking at 30 megawatts.

Natural Resources committee  That's a project for which we've completed the environmental baseline studies and pre-feasibility study, near Iqaluit. That's the one we are attempting to develop on our own, without a synergistic relationship with the mine. In order to complete the feasibility study, which inclu

Natural Resources committee  I would strongly recommend and support moving energy infrastructure projects in the north outside of the debt cap of the Government of Nunavut, which is looking at the needs of Nunavut from the perspective of the hospitals and schools. Those will always take a higher priority ove

Natural Resources committee  Certainly, they're the loan shareholder for Qulliq Energy Corporation. If go to them and say that we have an excellent opportunity for a hydro project with a mine and ask them if we can do it, their response is, “It's not within our debt cap. Let's go to the federal government to

Natural Resources committee  I don't look at diesel as being the most economical method. A better alternative, from our perspective, is hydro. We've had discussions with several mining groups that are looking at mine development. We've identified the areas with hydro potential within the vicinity of the mine

Natural Resources committee  As I referenced in my presentation, our ability to borrow for a capital project, a hydro project, is limited by the debt cap of the Government of Nunavut, which is $400 million. And they're utilizing their whole budget just for the infrastructure needs of the communities within N

Natural Resources committee  Do you mean as Qulliq Energy, in terms of our being able to develop hydro?

Natural Resources committee  I certainly can. Thank you for the question. Just to put things in perspective, I've been working with Northwest Territories Power Corp., Nunavut Power Corp., and now Qulliq Energy for 17 years. I came out of hydro before that, spending some six or seven years with hydro. During

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, committee members and Mr. Chair. I'm pleased to be here today to speak with the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources. I thank you for the invitation. My opening comments today will give you some background on Qulliq Energy Corporation as well as o

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We had high-speed Internet before the Government of Nunavut put it in. As a utility, we operate our own satellite system on a negotiated bandwidth through Telesat for our core regional office and our head office. We rely heavily on the Internet in terms of training and developmen

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the opportunity. I indicated earlier with the trades that our apprentices typically have to head south. We're hoping to have at least the first or second block now in Rankin Inlet, in the trade school that's opening there. But historically we've sent them all sout

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In terms of Qulliq Energy, we typically are asked to pay under the same normal terms, as net 30 days of whatever we have negotiated. So we have to purchase in advance because of the short construction season and because of the resupply aspects. So we'll purchase and pay for and n

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That's just from the perspective that it may be the first sealift resupply ship that's going to get in.