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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Tabled Document 87-17(5), Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2014-2015, and would like to report progress with one motion being adopted and that consideration of Tabled Document 87-17(5) be concluded and that the House concur in those estimates and that an appropriation bill to be based thereon be introduced without delay. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today, too, to talk about the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority. We’re proud to announce that they’ve hired two midwives to come on stream in September and October of the fall.
The authority has been working to get the spaces available for the midwives, to make the medical clinic available and set up for them, as well as a delivery area for the potential birthing. They’ve purchased equipment from last year’s funding.
They set up a Midwives Committee to basically work to see how it’s going to be implemented, how it affects all the different parts of the...
Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Abernethy.
Page 12, Education, Culture and Employment, capital infrastructure expenditures, education and culture, not previously authorized, $2.61 million; labour development and standards, not previously authorized, $193,000. Total department, not previously authorized, $2.803 million. Mr. Bromley.
The motion is on the floor. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Besides chipseal, I think was your last comment. Minister Abernethy.
Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Committee, we are on total department of $28.111 million.
Does committee agree that we’ve considered Tabled Document 87-17(5) and are concluded?
Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Aumond.
I understand the planning side of it. I’m just wondering about the capital expenditures to Stanton now that we know that we’re going to do a major retrofit to it. At what time do we say, okay, we’re not going to retrofit anything anymore because over the next five years we’re going to tear it all down? I guess what is the strategy going forward when we’re implementing capital projects into that facility when we’re planning to do a major retrofit to it?