Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don’t know if I can change Ministers mid-questions here. I guess not. Okay. Well then, I will just have to suffice it to say thank you for the update, Mr. Beaulieu.

I am not one who likes to see brick and mortar, institutions, buildings that have some functional use torn down, so I will be continuing to pursue this. If there is any reasonable life left in the existing hospital, I will be pursuing a further set of questions with the Minister of Public Works and Services on that at some point. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Of course, we know that the new hospital won’t be commissioned for a little while yet, so we do have some lead time, but I would like to ask the Minister when he contemplates we might have a more clear plan with respect to the replacement of those beds as a result of these discussions amongst the deputy ministers, some kind of a timeline we can share with our constituents. Thank you.

In offering thanks, I cannot fail to mention Kim Rapati, Mayor Andrew Cassidy, and also, if any of you met her, the most enthusiastic person for northern agriculture that you could ever come across. If you don’t believe in northern agriculture, when you meet Jackie Milne you would be a believer by the time you finished the conversation. She’s a wonderful, wonderful boost to this program.

I applaud the Northern Farm Training Institute, which has lots of exciting ideas to expand in the future as it continues to grow and support the development of sustainable food systems across the Northwest...

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Any further general comments? Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Premier McLeod. Next on the list for general comments I have Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. General comments. Mr. Nadli.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Next I have Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. I’ll now open the floor for general comments on Tabled Document 107-17(4), Capital Estimates for the years 2014-2015. General comments. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Does committee agree?

I’ll call Committee of the Whole back to order. Before the break the committee agreed that we are going to consider Tabled Document 107-17(4). I’d like to ask Minister Miltenberger if he would like to make his opening comments. Minister Miltenberger.