Caroline Wawzonek

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So, Mr. Speaker, as the Member's already pointed out, there was a summary version of what's ongoing already published several months ago with respect to the work that's happening. I believe with that there was also a publication of a set of principles, unifying principles about procurement so that we are no longer spread with different purposes and objectives between different departments, which was a significant recommendation from that report.

As to a detailed response, Mr. Speaker, that is something that is still coming out. There will be a more fulsome response out...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm not sure, Madam Chair, if I have the totals here in front of me. Let me check with the deputy minister first, please.

That is correct, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, there had been a matter involving the other parties, what we call Project Co, the entity that was involved in building and running the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Line. They, under the project agreement, have the ability to seek compensation for what's called a supervening event. So that's an event that they may have claimed would have increased the associated costs of the project. What they were seeking was such that the GNWT entered into some discussions to try to determine if that could be settled rather than having to go all the way through a more formalized...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I believe there is. I don't have a link offhand but we can provide that together with some of the other commitments we've made today. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the P3 policy is separate; it wasn't part of the review that was done in looking at the fiscal responsibility policy so that it simply wasn't part of it. It's a different policy all together.

Mr. Speaker, at this point in time there's not any active work happening with respect to a P3. So this is not something that is you know, there's not an active concern around growing numbers of P3 projects. What we do have are the some projects that are ongoing that where there are operational expenses now because rather than investing huge amounts of sums at the...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Member is correct. This was moved over to the following fiscal year, which is expected to be when that amount will be fully spent.

As for project timelines and activities, we are expecting to have this contract awarded this fall, which means it would then be being built and then implemented thereafter over the next it takes approximately two years and with a golive date to follow. So, you know, early in 2025.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So this is where on infrastructure supplementary appropriations there isn't a supplementary reserve for infrastructure. And as I said, I think there's some information that we do provide to committee that could stand a bit of a look at the terminology that's used to make that more clear because it wouldn't show there wouldn't be a net impact because there's nothing to be impacting upon. That said, Madam Chair, there is I mean, again well, I'll leave it at that. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, at this point the net impact doesn't have us going into any new debt on this one actually, Madam Chair, sorry, let me I think I'm looking at the wrong page. Let me direct that to the deputy minister.

Madam Chair, again, I don't have that level of detail of what the conservation approach might be. My understanding is that this is meant to help with the developing what candidate areas there are going to be. So I would leave that to a question for people over at employment ECC to provide further detail on, and I can obviously convey that to my colleague. Thank you, Madam Chair.