Shauna Morgan

Okay, thank you for that. That's good to know. My next question is about the dramatic increase in economic diversification overall funding, and it looks like it's related to contract services. Can the Minister explain what in particular can be attributed to -- well, actually, it was an increase in last year's revised estimates that continued on to this year's main estimates. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, that's good news at least. I expect we'll just continue to be having conversations about the challenges with classroom space in Tuk and hope that we come to a resolution as soon as we can. Thank you

So I guess my question is if we approve $2.325 million at this time, is that money just going to go towards continued efforts of any kind, and we might see another supplementary estimate or appropriation come our way in the future? I'm just unclear why we're being asked now for $2.325 million and what we expect to accomplish with that money now that we have encountered these kinds of challenges with the barge?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And then my follow-up to that is on the other hand, we still see things like major discounts, 50 percent discount for long-term stays, and so I'm wondering -- that seems to me like an opportunity to gain more revenues in that that's a pretty lucrative thing, at least around here, for people to be able to sort of reserve a spot for the whole summer at a campground or something and something people might be willing to pay more for. So can the Minister explain the rationale for this kind of large discount for that kind of what I would call a perk and whether that's being...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's all my questions for this one.

That's fine. I mean, I look forward to reading their report and following up. But I do think we need to have some more independent evaluation of the program before, as my colleague recommended, we, you know, start radically increasing the funds that we're putting into this line item. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so these upgrades, are they set out in, say, an asset management plan? Like, is there a plan with scheduled upgrades that, you know, is justified based on expected, you know, life of certain parts of our assets, or are they expected -- you know, need for replacement and maintenance at certain times? Are these upgrades part of such a plan that, you know, has been thought through and listed what upgrades are required at which dates?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Does the department or the Minister intend to do any independent economic analysis to verify those claims that participants are reporting, especially given that if they're the ones getting the money there's definitely an incentive -- no pun intended, although there's a pun there -- to make those figures look as good as possible? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And can you tell us what was the original budget? Therefore, you know, how much this project has gone over. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That was going to be my next question. But can you clarify, has this evaluation been made public or is it -- is your intention to confidentially share it with MLAs? Thank you, Mr. Chair.