Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to think that we would deal with every community on the same basis. With the issue of Northland, this is a complicated issue because of the fact that it is a condominium association and is within the purview of the municipal government. Having said that, I think there is a recognition that if all of the water and sewage pipes all disappeared, then we would have a real problem on the hands of this government.
I think that there’s a number of avenues that we can proceed on. We’ve already supported the letter that was sent to the Government of Canada to try to access some federal funding to deal with the problem. Personally I’m supportive of the government looking at providing a loan guarantee. I think the condominium association has put together a proposal that the government can deal with. They’ve reduced the cost from, I forget what it was, I think it was $8 million, so now they’ve reduced it significantly. They’re looking for a loan guarantee of approximately $1 million. I think that’s something that Cabinet can look at.
I believe that the current process for loan guarantees is we have to come and get the support of the whole Legislative Assembly. Certainly that would be something that I would look to having dealt with very quickly in this new Assembly to bring it forward and get the support to make it happen.