Question Period Note: Taltson Hydroelectric Expansion Project

Our Government continues to support infrastructure projects in order to meet our climate change goals.
In Budget 2019, we committed $18 million over three years (2019-2020 to 2021-2022) to support the Government of the Northwest Territories in undertaking their pre-development phase of the Taltson hydroelectric expansion project.
Throughout this phase, the Government of the Northwest Territories will develop agreements with a variety of Indigenous and private sector stakeholders.

o Budget 2019 committed $18 million over three years (2019-2020 to 2021-2022) to fund the pre-development phase of the Taltson hydroelectric expansion project.

o Over three years, the Government of the Northwest Territories will negotiate partnership and capacity agreements with impacted Indigenous groups; formalize commercial arrangements, business case and investment relationships to support eventual construction; finalize engineering technical and feasibility studies; and undertake the environmental assessment process with community engagement, and complete the necessary regulatory / permitting applications.

o The expansion of the hydroelectric grid is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 227 kilotons (KT) and will play a critical role in meeting the territorial and national climate change goals.

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