Robert C. McLeod

That is correct, Mr. Chair. It is a $1.2 million carry over to do the work this year, from my understanding. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, yes, we will provide some information to committee. The $5 million my understanding is total investment because partially offset by revenues from the Government of Canada, so we can assume that they are giving us 75 per cent, and we are investing 25 per cent. We will reconcile all these numbers as to what is being used for works going, and we'll share that information with committee. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, where there is an opportunity and it makes sense, and we still get a good product at the end of the day, I suppose it's something we could look at, but we have to ensure that we get quality product if we break it down. I think I have said a couple of times before that we work on getting these contracts out the door as quickly as possible or as soon as the appropriation is approved. Then we should see a reduction in the carry-over. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, on this particular project, the project is combined with the development of the legacy Stanton building. Construction is expected in the summer of 2019. Design is in progress. A contract is in place. Obviously, the completion of the Stanton Territorial Hospital, I think, will play a large part on this particular one going forward, but the anticipation is that the project is on time, and they should be in a position to advance the work on extended care. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My understanding is that the road to the site has been started. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my understanding is the contract is in place for a multi-year project. The expected completion would be August of 2018. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, Highway No. 1, and I think the Minister of Infrastructure pointed this out the other day, there is going to be 76 kilometres of chipseal resurfacing, embankment reconstruction and rehabilitation, and draining improvement from kilometre 207 to kilometre 212. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my understanding of the retrofit of homes is to make them a bit more energy efficient. If that means replacing windows and insulation, putting some better heating systems in, that would be -- as far as the number of homes, I apologize. I don't have that level of detail as to what homes they are, and where they are located, but it is to support energy performance upgrades for 128 existing housing units in the Northwest Territories, and the conversion of 43 oil-fired heating systems in Yellowknife to biomass.

Well, ideally, we would like to try and get the contracts out as soon as possible. That's one of the reasons we changed the capital estimate process that we go through to October, so we are in a position to get contracts out. If we feel that there is a capacity issue, then, we will have to take steps to address that, but I think that the department is working quite hard at trying to roll out the projects with the folks we have and the amount of dollars that are coming into the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we are not sure how much would be completed. I do not even believe we have a contract in place for the construction. We do not have a design. Once we have that information, or once Health has that information, then we would be in a better position to share it with the Member and with committee. Thank you, Mr. Chair.