Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I agree with some of the things that Mr. Todd is saying; not all of them, but some of them. One of the things that keeps coming up is with regard to recreational facilities. One of the things that I would like to see, with Mr. Todd's support I hope, is to see -- we do need a policy and we do need the size of facilities, but also if the community is serious about having those facilities they should be doing their part, too, prior to any facilities being established in the community. In most communities you have to pay a portion of the cost for any capital recreation facilities. When we had that building built in Fort Providence we paid $280,000.
One of the things that the community has requested is for a two-sheet curling rink. It is happening but it is happening in 1994-95, I believe. The community, Mr. Chairman, already has their portion of the money in the bank waiting for that day to come. They have $180,000 right now and their portion required, if the capital structure is $492,000, is $197,000, which they could have by that time.
The community should be doing some of their own revenue raising too. Of the projects that came up during the last eight years that I have been a Member, most of them were allocated. I do not know the success rate of the community actually picking up the rest of the tab, or if it has been successful. When I look in the capital there are several communities who make contributions but for the size of the projects, similar to Providence, they are paying far less, at least half, of what they are expected to pay. I think that is unfair. Either you have it the same across or do not have it at all.
I would like to thank the Minister and his department -- since the direction was given by the Government Leader to have the Members involved with the planning and design and infrastructure of communities, the community of Fort Providence has been doing a community plan. They have not come up with a final report but we do have copies of the process that we have been working toward at public meetings. The only difficulty that we are experiencing, Mr. Chairman, with regard to that, and I think it should be noted by the department, is that we are using consultants from Edmonton.