Louis Sebert

This is an important issue, of course, Mr. Speaker, because we would like to have the inmates to again have access to this portion of the facility. I do not have an exact date to provide to this House when this work will be done, but it is an important project. We are working on it, and I will keep the House informed. Thank you.

Yes, we can provide a written update.

I just want to point out, however, that it's not as though any of the materials in the old library have been disposed of to this point. The full collection is there. It's not being updated as it once was, admittedly, but the old collection is still there. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, this of course is an important project. As I mentioned the other day, we did go out for bids for this project, and, unfortunately, the response from the contractors who submitted tenders was way above the money that had been approved for this work. We therefore are looking at a revised approach to secure the yard from which the inmate escaped, and I will certainly keep this House informed as to progress. The original idea was to, in essence, put up a new interior fence. That proved to be much too expensive, so we are looking at other alternatives to secure this area. Hopefully once...

As mentioned, the current library, of course, is open to the public. Opening a new resource centre will depend on the nature and type of renovations that we decide to do, if any. As has been mentioned, the issue of renovations appears much more complicated than we had originally anticipated. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize a constituent in the gallery, from Fort Smith, my wife, Anne.

I think the plan is, Mr. Chair, to start those discussions fairly soon with the Department of Infrastructure, perhaps in the next six months, by 2018.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my right is Willard Hagen, the deputy minister. To my left is Brenda Hilderman, the director of finance and administration. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have no opening comments.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, we are not doing that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think the answer to that is that we have not yet necessarily determined all of the needs we may have in the future, so those numbers for the future could change. We are not contemplating, obviously, any major projects currently, at that time. Thank you.