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Is any budget being considered for this fiscal year on a needs assessment for Aurora College? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For the first time in history, the NWT will have a bridge that crosses the Mackenzie and that’s a great thing. Although we are now reaping the benefits of a truly all-season road, which also includes the additional costs that the government promised would never happen, many citizens can’t help but keep asking, could the government have done this for less.
This Assembly approved an extra $10 million last spring to finish this project before the end of 2012, and as far as Minister Ramsay is concerned, that’s all water under the bridge for now. But the reality remains that...
Mr. Chairman, I’m not talking about capital, I’m talking about the plan. So if the college wanted to come forward with this type of initiative that it all starts with the booklet, the study, the review, the programming and that’s the capital planning. It says right here in the third paragraph, business and capital planning for the department, and that’s what I keep referring to. I’m not sure why this seems to keep… No one is talking about a $40 million to $50 million, even $60 million infrastructure when we can’t even talk about the plan. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I respectfully say that he started going on to private sector requests. He didn’t answer that. The only time he said he got a letter was from the college recently that’s an expression of interest. That’s when I asked what does that mean. Then I asked him about, is this the only time this type of request went in. The record will state that he started talking about private sector requests being involved. He didn’t answer the question, which had to do with, has Aurora College sent letters in the past in the last few years to that. I would say that I didn’t get a clear...
Sure, for the sake of moving forward, I will withdraw that.
Is this the only request of this type of nature – and I’m trying to speak in general terms, that is – that the department has received? Or have they received other requests of a similar nature in the past couple of years?
The Minister knows I’m well aware this isn’t the capital budget and that’s why I’m asking about the planning. What type of capital planning can the Minister actually describe that actually provides a detail? All I heard was we’re planning an options paper. I’m not sure what an option paper is referring to. Maybe he could speak more specific to what that actually means. He also said there were partners and I’m not sure what the options had meant. The answers lacked all or any detail that made any sense. This is an important issue and he knows that, he knows I raise this repeatedly. I’m trying...
I guess… No, that’s fine. Thank you.
Thank you. What’s the estimated split between our historical archives and Nunavut’s historical archives? Thank you.
Thank you. For clarity, where is it – I’m speaking to all the archival products, including ours – and what does it cost? Just to make sure that’s clear on the record, could I get the Minister to respond?