Jane Groenewegen

Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Roland.

Mr. Chairman, $3.5 million to extend the life of a 50-year-old building by two to four years? This makes the $320,000 in Inuvik to talk about design of office space pale in comparison. The folks that are in that building, we’ve visited that building, we’ve gone there for retreats and meetings, we have even had meetings in that building. Yes, certainly it’s an old building but it seems to be one that is held in some endearment in that community. I can understand the code. I can understand the reports of fire marshals and that kind of thing, but they have been kind of nursing that building...

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Braden.

Community justice and corrections, $91,000.

I agree with what Ms. Lee just said. Three hundred twenty thousand dollars is a lot of money. There are other things going to be coming up here later on, too, which have to do with how this government spends capital and how they consult on spending capital. I suggest to you that you could probably in the private sector build most things for the price that you spend just on the soft costs and getting, you know, consulting done. Like I said in the committee the other day, I said I think that this government probably goes to design and everything else when they build an outhouse.

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Not seeing any general comments and since committee has agreed, then we will go to clause-by-clause review of the bill. If I can direct committee’s attention, then, to page 5, Justice, operations expenditures, not previously authorized, community justice and corrections, $620,000, total department, $620,000.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Question is being called. All those in favour of the motion to delete? All those opposed? The motion is defeated.

---Defeated