Floyd Roland

As to the work, there have been ongoing meetings between the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, the consultant they’ve hired, as well as the District Education Council and the authority, along with other parties within the community, about the work that is progressing. For the actual detail I can have Minister Lafferty, as the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment…. Maybe he’ll give more detail than I can provide at this time.

Mr. Speaker, the deadline of December 31st was in place. The loan guarantee was put in place, with our government backstopping that loan guarantee with TD Bank — TD Securities, to be correct.

They had a 30-day provision before calling that loan. The concession agreement, as I was informed by department officials, also had a 30-day provision built into it. That's what we were waiting for, to see if the bridge corporation would come up with the equity and come up with a lending agreement and all of the pieces that needed to be put in place for this to proceed.

Mr. Chairman, I don’t have that detail with me. That could be a reality, but I don’t know if the Minister of Justice has that level of detail with him now.

The Member is right. When this facility was being constructed, there was quite a concern about the cost, and cost overruns. Some steps had to be taken to try to mitigate those cost overruns when it was being constructed, but I don’t have the detail as to whether the fencing was a piece of that, or whether some of the aboriginal healing and spiritual programs were also a result of that.

The Member again quotes the Hansard from October 19, the first day we had oral questions in the 16th Legislative Assembly. Most of us around the table — at least from this side of the House, because I had not assigned portfolios — were expecting a light day as was past practice of new governments. But I ended up taking questions from across the delivery of programs and services by the Government of the Northwest Territories.

As the Member has quoted, I committed to providing the necessary information that is now in the hands of Members. Do we want to relive the past? I committed to stuff. I...

Mr. Chairman, I don’t have that detail. I have to go to the Minister of Justice for that.

Mr. Speaker, if we go back to Hansard, the first session that we had was in late November — or was it mid-November? — shortly after our election. I was just voted in as Premier of the Northwest Territories, had not yet assigned portfolios the first couple of days of session, and I took every question from every area of concern in the Northwest Territories.

I can’t go back to all the other types of questions, but I did my best to answer Members in that area. As I already stated when this previous question was asked of me later on, if I didn’t jump to the conclusion that that was the specific...

Mr. Chairman, the request from the Department of Justice is because right now anyone visiting those facilities has open access to the facilities. There are no gates or fencing that would stop people from entering or leaving, besides the actual structure. That is why it was brought forward in this manner. The Minister of Justice may have additional information to provide on these two projects.

Mr. Speaker, maybe I’m having a dream and I’ve woken up in the 15th Assembly. This is the 16th Assembly. Members have asked for information, I’ve committed to that information, and we’ve provided that information. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, with the young offenders facility in Inuvik, the foundation issues have been there, unfortunately, almost since the construction of the facility was completed. There’s a portion of the building that is still settling — I guess that is the term that is used — that is causing other problems within the facility itself. This is one of the buildings in that community that is on-grade; that is the term that’s used. It’s not with the piling foundation. It’s on a passive refrigerant system.

Unfortunately, the area they’ve built on didn’t allow for the freezing to occur — that’s some of...

Mr. Speaker, once again the Member wants to debate what the previous government did, what the previous Premier did; I’m talking about the 16th Assembly and what we’ve done. We’ve provided all the information Members have asked for. They may not like it, but they’ve got the information. We’ve committed to and honoured the delivery of what they’ve asked for, and I say let’s now get on with business.