Robert C. McLeod

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I will make the case for an increase, and, as far as whether we will get it or not, that is not our decision to make. It is a federal decision, but we will make the best case possible. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am pleased to recognize two Pages from Yellowknife South, Alden Tumoth and Ryder Ouellette-Landry, and also all the other Pages for their good work. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. We will come before standing committee within the next two or three months. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member is correct. It will be evaluated on a casebycase basis. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I have had an initial discussion with the Minister of Finance, saying that we need to get into a discussion to talk about an increase to our borrowing limit, so our challenge now is that we put the information together, we go down, we make a good argument as to why we need it, and then the decision is, hopefully, made from there. So the initial discussion I had with him was just to give him a heads-up that we are looking to come forward with a case as to why we think our borrowing limit needs to be increased. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, as of Valentine's Day 2018, the balance in the Heritage Fund was $17,110,798.32. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thank you. That is correct.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I realize we are getting fairly close. I have had an initial discussion with the Minister of Finance and I did say that I was looking forward to having a further discussion on this particular issue if there was a need to increase our borrowing limit. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The department has been doing a lot of work, you know, so once the legislation is passed we have a fairly good idea of what some of the costs might be. So we have done the work, so once legislation is passed, we'll have a pretty good indication of what are costs are going to be, and then we'll have that discussion with committee. Thank you.

Yes, I do, Mr. Chair.