Mr. Chairman, the Minister of Finance made a statement regarding where the expenditures are going to be taking place. If you read the document, that is not what it says. All it says is that there is going to be an expansion of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage project. I am not on the finance committee, so I am not aware of the information provided to Members on the finance committee. For me it is appropriate. Perhaps Mr. Todd is aware, so it is inappropriate to him, but I do not know what happens in the finance committee. The only time I have is in this House. What I am doing here is -- moneys from last year have lapsed, money that has not been used up. For all intents and purposes, perhaps they wish to spend that money before the end of the year.
What I am suggesting is that I think we could better utilize the expansion of the Prince of Wales Heritage Centre. The building is excellent. It is not deteriorating. It is not going to fall apart if this $40,600 has not been spent. I am suggesting that I have a situation in which if I do not, on my own initiative, do something, then I could very well see a very historical building, which is part of my community's heritage, be deteriorated to a point of no return. So I think the Members might understand where I am coming from. On the other hand, this would free up some money. There is no other avenue left.
I am sure the Members did hear me talk time and time again about the church in Fort Providence and the bad situation it is in. The Members must also realize that the longer we wait for a decision to be made, the possibility of its ever being restored is getting dimmer and dimmer. So I would think that this is my last effort in order to get something done for the old church in Fort Providence. And basically I would ask that the Members look at supporting this motion. The Prince of Wales will still have $15,600 to play around with. So it is a reasonable motion. I think the Members realize the difficulty I am in. If the motion is defeated, I could live with that. But I am not going to go back to my community saying that I did not try. The whole purpose of being Members in this House is to represent your constituency. Never mind the government's agenda. If we keep rubber stamping....