Jane Groenewegen

Under this budget, Mr. Chairman, it’s a legitimate question. I see there is a security system and an exterior door replacement, but is it appropriate in this discussion on this capital budget to be asking if there are any plans for the condition of the deteriorating property out there in terms of the driveway?

Thank you. Those are all the questions I have for now.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There’s been reference made to the efficiency and effectiveness, but I’d like to ask: is there an underpinning to this exercise? Because this has to do with saving money.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to move that we report progress.

Motion carried.

So at the risk of repeating myself — I may have already asked this question — please tell me if Mr. Aumond said he could get this information for me. Let me just ask again. The records storage and data centre will go in there for about 8,500 square feet. A medical clinic I think he said was going in there. I would just like to get a breakdown again of the clients or tenants proposed for this base. Is it already all spoken for? Is there going to be extra space, and are they going to be leasing out space to other people?

I’d like to get more detail on how this has come to a 47,000 square foot...

We know that the North is small and people like to have input into how the services are provided in their communities and their regions. I would like to ask Minister Miltenberger if any of the actions undertaken by this government could be characterized as a centralization of that kind of either governance through input on an advisory basis or a management basis.

I’m good. Thank you.

When Mr. Aumond speaks of a standard, is he referring to a standard that has been specifically detailed to consider the northern climate and the environment here, or is this just a national eco standard that he is referring to that would be the same as if you were building something in downtown Calgary?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since this has already been referred to in the House, I am going to follow on the lead of my colleague from Frame Lake on this whole issue of refocusing government and reviewing our boards and agencies in the Northwest Territories. In the previous government I sat on a committee with Minister Miltenberger and Minister Lee as we looked at agencies, boards and commissions.

Mr. Speaker, when we are talking about refocusing government and looking at our governance structure here in the Northwest Territories, there are many, many considerations to be taken into account. I do...

This is a new process we have here, and it’s very difficult to talk about these projects and not be able to talk about the dollars. We’re not talking about the dollars, because we want to go to a fair, competitive process in order to acquire the leasehold improvements. But oh, my gosh — this is for tenant improvements? This is a very large amount of money. Did the department consider building a free standing clinic somewhere else as opposed to renovating somebody else’s space to the tune of $6.5 million?