Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. Before we go to general comments from Members, I would like to ask Mr. Abernethy if he would like to bring witnesses into the Chamber.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $28.111 million. Mr. Yakeleya.

Total department, $269,000.

Thank you. We will commence with that after a brief break.

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Thank you, Mr. Kalgutkar. Mr. Bouchard.

Agreed. Total department, $4.374 million.

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order. There is one item before Committee of the Whole on our agenda today. What is the wish of committee? Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Mr. Bouchard.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Minister Abernethy.

It’s no secret that we live in one of the harshest climates on the planet. It would reason well that our government, when investing millions of dollars in new infrastructure, we want to be on the leading edge, cutting edge. We would want to be the showcase of energy efficiency.

Again, I’m just curious, has the Department of Public Works and Services done anything above and beyond the standard national building codes for the various types of buildings that they build that would see our costs reduced to operate on an ongoing basis in the actual construction? I appreciate the biomass piece, but on...