Michael Miltenberger

No. The issue first went to Cabinet. A Cabinet decision was made, and that record of decision was signed off by Premier Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ll defer that question to Mr. Aumond.

I once again refer that question to Minister Michael McLeod.

I’ll ask Mr. Aumond to reply to that.

They currently reside in some offices that they’ve been using in the MACA office on a back road. I’m not sure of the name of the road, but it’s in the MACA building close to the Public Works building, I believe.

Yes.

Mr. Chairman, we know what space is available in Inuvik. We know that it’s in small quantums scattered across the buildings that are available, that there’s no single space that’s big enough. We know that the one offer that we did have had a $38 million premium attached to it. We know that our current portfolio is 93 per cent leased, 7 per cent that we own. That is a balance not recommended by anybody in terms of having a balanced portfolio so that you can have room to move and adjust your needs and not be caught or held to the fact that you’ve got no flexibility because all your eggs are in...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. After that impassioned plea I’ll ask Minister Michael McLeod if he would care to respond to that specific request.

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

Mr. Chairman, for the record let me restate that the building that ENR was in is being fitted up, as was pointed out in this House this evening and earlier today, to be the Community Learning Centre in Inuvik, which had to shut down because the building they were in was no longer habitable. The commitment that the government has to the private sector in Inuvik is substantial. Ninety-three per cent of all the space that we have in Inuvik is leased or rented from the private sector. We know that the Perry Building is month to month. The rest of the detail of all the other leases I’ve committed...