The committee has scheduled its 42nd meeting for Oct. 20 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. Hutchinson is listed for the second hour, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern time, by videoconference. He is one of four witnesses in that hour, alongside housing researcher Dr. Mylene Riva, Integrated Resource Technologies Ltd. president Kenneth Watson and Yukon Energy Corporation board chair Rod Savoie. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

Petroleum supply and fuel costs affect household expenses, heating, transportation, power generation and the price of goods in many Nunavut communities. The listed witness gives the committee a direct Government of Nunavut source as it examines Northern affordability, but the notice does not disclose what evidence or recommendations he will give.

The televised hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 20. The committee may later publish an edited transcript and meeting minutes. Any recommendations, government response, funding or policy changes would require separate action and should not be assumed from the hearing notice.

The first hour is scheduled to hear from Northwest Territories Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek, Yukon Energy, Mines and Resources Minister Ted Laking, and two representatives of Quebec’s Municipalité de L'Île-d'Anticosti. The notice was posted Oct. 16 at 9:50 a.m. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗