I apologize. I know I should have stayed with the motion put forth, but I am somewhat disappointed with the way the motion is being debated. However, I did want to state that the concern that I had in respect to concurring with the standing committee on finance in regard to a junior/senior high school in Pond Inlet was that, first of all, there appeared there was no policy in respect to junior high schools in the Territories. It also further commits us as a Legislature to look at future dollars, not only in the amount anticipated as stated by the chairman of the standing committee on finance, but I think it was to the tune of $11 million because it went for a junior high school with $8.6 million plus an additional five classrooms for Pond Inlet for $3.5 million. So we were concerned about future commitments as a result of this $5000 approval, without the justification of the need which was presented to us.
I would like to know, and I think I asked that in the standing committee on finance, what year was this high school built? It is not as if there is not a high school there now that addresses grade 12. There is. Grade 12 is available, from my understanding, in Pond Inlet. It seems there has not been justification to decide on whether a new one is needed, and until we can get that justification for the expenditures of those dollars, we cannot concur with those dollars. That is the concern that I have as a committee Member in respect to this motion.