Deputy Premier
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Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the Fiscal Responsibility Policy isn't where the cap on the capital projects came in. That is an approach towards capital planning that we had imposed to put a cap on department spending of $260 million. That was introduced in 20232024, but it didn't exist in prior years, and it certainly didn't exist under the past Assembly, which is where a lot of projects wind up moving forward. So to the extent that if we hadn't put that cap in 20232024 and the 20232024 budget had started out much higher as it had been over the two, three, and many years before that, we...
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, Madam Chair, $284,000. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I certainly do have a list of projects, and I'm only hesitant in that it's because this is - these are communitydriven projects, I want to confirm there's no reason that I'm holding it and can't share it. But if there's not, then I'm certainly happy to share that at the very least with committee. Thank you.
Madam Chair, again, it's a carryover amount. So it's an amount that is under this contract for this work and, you know, this is our - it's our asset right now. If there is work that needs to get done on it, we would need to ensure that it needs to. But that is the case, this is part of the contracting process. The money is still there. It hasn't been released. And it won't be released until we're sure that there are no deficiencies. If there's no deficiencies, the money does move out. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, any changes to the capital plan from last year haven't been approved so there's nothing new available. Obviously, as new items are approved for - I mean, obviously if the supplementary appropriations get approved, then those changes can be made and they'd be - they could be reflected, but at this point it's difficult to make something public that's not yet actually a fact. Obviously as we go forward, every time there's a new capital plan that certainly has to be updated for that, you know, going forward this August when we have a new capital plan, the...
Madam Chair, thank you. I don't know that with certainty, so I don't want to surmise here. I just I'm showing a contract value. Now, whether there'd be some additional annual fee, I would anticipate so, but I don't have that here. So I will confirm, and we'll get back to committee. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, this will be an automatic carryover, and the communities can continue to apply for the money for their projects and we'll hold it for them pending their completion of those projects. Thank you.
Mr. Courtoreille's doing well, Madam Chair. I'll turn it to him.
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, with respect to project - sorry, let me turn that one to the deputy minister if I could, please. Thank you.
Thank you, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, I understand at this point that in order to provide - or in order to request the contract or to do the procurement, they are looking at having a completion of the Mineral Resources Act regulations. And so in order for that to be completed - again, that is now on track to have - to be out and gazetted and doing section 35 consultations this coming fall, which would mean that in early 2024 that that final they'd be at a procurement stage.
I do understand, Madam Chair, that there's some effort to do things parallel as much as possible in the sense of some...