Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, our next concern has to do with the museum addition in Iqaluit. Now it has the same basis for concern as the museum in Norman Wells. We have been told, Mr. Chairman, that the museum is overcrowded and I think there is a lot of desire for people to have museums in their regions. But we have to wonder about the priorities of the government when we are spending $1.95 million for an addition to a museum when you may not be meeting the basic necessities of the people at the bottom. We have got to deal with that at some point.
This committee has been trying to deliver that message to the government for some time. We cannot afford to do all of the projects we would like to do. Some projects have to come first. I think as M.L.A.s we have indicated that we have priorities, like education, where we see the money has to be spent. Education, housing; there are a number of serious priorities but I think we have to make sure we are following those priorities.
But, most importantly, this committee has for the last year clear, rational plans for why we are expending major capital dollars. We told the Department of Education last year that we would not approve any further capital or O & M budgets from them unless we saw a detailed master plan on where they were going and what they were going to do. We told the Department of Culture that we were not going to approve the expansion to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre until we saw a detailed plan of what was planned for museums across the north.
I am sure that the Members of this Legislative Assembly remember cutting the $500,000 from the Prince of Wales Heritage Centre from this year's budget.
So, Mr. Chairman, in order to ensure consistency, fairness and equity and since the department has not yet produced its comprehensive plan, therefore, I move that the 1993-94 Capital Estimates for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment Programs under the activity "culture" for the project "museum additional Iqaluit" in the amount of $200,000 be deleted.