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Thank you. So, it’s safe to say that we’ve got $4 million of residual or reserve from last year not spent, potentially $30 million that could be appropriated this year. So for a total of $34 million, is that what we’ll see for this fiscal construction season coming up, or will committee be seeing any type of supplementary to accelerate this quicker? Is that going to be enough money to fulfill the obligation of the contractor to meet obligations on a construction timetable? Thank you.
Committee, we are on pages 24 and 25. Ms. Bisaro.
Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses into the House.
Minister Ramsay, if you would be kind enough to introduce your witnesses to the House, please.
Thank you, committee. Does committee agree that we have concluded consideration for the Department of Lands?
Committee, we are on pages 68, 69, 70, 71 and 72, finance and infrastructure services, infrastructure investments, $22.187 million. Mr. Bromley.
I would caution the department, if they can provide the committee any of the facts surrounding the safety of the synthetic organic material called EK-35, my quick research does show that there has been some environmental ecological problems with the product in certain jurisdictions, so I would be inclined to make sure that we are doing our due diligence before we start applying this on all of our highways and our airports.
Will the department commit to providing committee some background in terms of the ecological and environmental safety of this product? Thank you.
Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Does committee agree?
Thank you, Ms. Hannah. Ms. Bisaro.
Thank you, committee. We’re going to defer page 63 until we’ve considered all the activities. I would turn your attention to pages 65 and 66, regional operations, infrastructure investments, $28.002 million. Does committee agree?
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just some clarification on some of the project listings associated with this activity. I guess, first and foremost, it mentions here YK Centre improvements. If I can just get a brief overview of what exactly that entails. Thank you.