Government Operations committee  Unfortunately, it's also outside my area of expertise.

Government Operations committee  I have a couple of comments on that. The costs of wind have continued to fall dramatically over the last decade, and we're still seeing costs fall today. Recent competitive procurement processes in Alberta and Saskatchewan have seen wind come in around $3, so it is continuing to

Government Operations committee  Unfortunately, I'm not in public office. It's a difficult one to start to grapple with, and it's not easy to say what that value is to taxpayers. It's a challenge, but collectively we need to start looking a little more broadly at some of these choices. In the Quebec example, the

Government Operations committee  If it can be on site, that's great, but one of the things we would encourage you to look at is aggregating the demand. Perhaps you're going to procure from a project from an indigenous community that doesn't have access to any other economic development but might have a renewable

Government Operations committee  There are a couple of options. As a customer of the utility in the jurisdiction that it's in, the government could be working with that utility to ensure that they're procuring from those indigenous partnered projects. Another option or tool that's in the marketplace right now

Government Operations committee  I would suggest or encourage you to look for the opportunity for indigenous partnership, to do more than just green government, to be able to have some impactful economic development and transformation as well.

Government Operations committee  Good afternoon. My name is Colleen Giroux-Schmidt, and I am the vice-president of corporate relations here at Innergex Renewable Energy. In addition to my role at Innergex, I was part of the Generation Energy Council, which submitted its report to the federal government in June