Michael Miltenberger

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. Birch is from Justice.

Mr. Speaker, the barge contained 577,000 litres of fuel. The compartment that was punctured had about 85,000 litres of fuel. My understanding of the process is that the barge was hauled in to where it could be dealt with and repaired. The punctured compartment was pumped out, and the amount of litres that were taken out was of course measured against what was supposed to be in there. What those numbers are we don’t know yet. That information hasn’t been shared with us that I’m aware of. It’s still under investigation.

I don’t think that at this point it’s an issue of any kind of cover-up or...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would refer that question to Minister Michael McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We indicated to the committee late last week, or sometime last week, that if things moved ahead, if the educational planning and other design work was done and it was in everyone’s best interest, we would attempt to fast track what could be done early.

I’ll have to check Hansard, but there’s got to be at least half a dozen articulations of the commitment from the Minister of Public Works and Services and me on the record in Hansard indicating that we are replacing most of our own space, that current retail space won’t be impacted. The Minister, in fact, when he spoke to the motion, reiterated those same commitments. I don’t know at this point what more the Member wants. It’s on the record. It’s there and it’s a commitment.

I don’t have that detail here with me. I have the capital substantiations, but I don’t have that program detail here with me.

The top floors of the Perry Building are unusable, which is one of the reasons there was a move. The lease proposal that was put to the government had over the life of the lease a $38 million premium attached to it, which is very significant. Available space in Inuvik, from what I understand, is scattered over a number of buildings. There’s not one concentrated place that would allow the government to bring together the resources as they’re currently planning. However, I’d ask Minister Michael McLeod if he wants to add anything further to this issue.

Transportation is spending about $5 million a year on capital and $2 million to $3 million a year on maintenance on the road, which is where we’re demonstrating our commitment to maintaining the Dempster to the best of our ability with the resources that we have.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ll refer that education question to Minister Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I understand that information was provided to committee. We don’t have the detailed information about the terms of the various leases. I’ve already committed to get that for committee. We were asked an hour or so ago. In the meantime we haven’t had a chance to get that information.