50-year-old power plant needs replacing: South Baffin MLA

South Baffin MLA David Joanasie wants to know why it's taking so long to get a new power plant in Cape Dorset.

The community's proposal for the new plant was approved in 2011 but itstill has not been built.

Paul Okalik, the minister responsible for theQulliq Energy Corporation, saidthey are working with the hamlet to find a location.

The current power plant was built in 1964 and Joanasie saidit won't last long.

"It suffers from several deficiencies including failing building foundation, unreliable superstructure and aging systems and equipment," Joanasietold the legislature.

"Mr. Speaker, Cape Dorset's power plant is older than I am and might even be older than the minister himself."

Okalik saidall they need to do is find a location to get the project started.