Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will not raise much concern about the matter of the proposed capital as opposed to the idea of future capital and the potential of the 1993 estimates to reflect that. I would like to raise a couple of concerns and I hope the idea of a decision paper which has been requested, and I support that, is more of a discussion paper about the pros and cons and whether or not we should agree to a federal penitentiary. I think it would be a premature for us to make some decision during 1993-94, without looking at all the issues. I think you have to consider the purpose of the facility. You have to look at the programs and services which are to be offered in such a facility. You have to deal with the question of who is responsible, and the financial obligations that this government has a tendency of taking on, on the part of the federal government that is above and beyond the normal cause.
Most recent federal transfers have shown that we have been pretty poor negotiators in taking over responsibility. I want to make those points because I do not want us to get all gung ho about the idea of building a new federal penitentiary in the Northwest Territories without looking at all the issues and the concerns that are necessary for us to put in place a federal penitentiary because the correctional centres that we now run are very different than federal penitentiaries and the people you are dealing with are much, much different. So I do not think that you should go quickly into this responsibility without knowing the consequences of the decision you are making. Just that one particular point I wanted to make. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
