Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As you know, when answering the concern of the honourable Member in the House on this issue, I had indicated that last fall there was a preliminary report provided by Public Works on the assessment of that Gjoa Haven Health Centre which indicated that a renovation would be adequate. Subsequent to that, the final report came in that was quite contrary to the initial one, which, as recently as less than two months ago, recommended a new facility for the hamlet of Gjoa Haven. Unfortunately, by that time, the department had revised their financial projections for that project based on that initial preliminary report to reflect a renovation of an amount of approximately $644,000. Our budget before you has that amount included because we haven't had the timing of the final report; it wasn't available to us. We are now in a quandary about what to do in this particular situation. The honourable Member mentioned it in the House and I offered to work with him and the municipal leaders in order to identify some options on how we can handle this situation.
Mr. Chairman, we can try to retain funds for this current fiscal year to carry over into next, and try to plan out some additional funding sources to meet the requirements. That would mean there would be no work in the municipality of Gjoa Haven on this particular project this year. It would mean we would have to come up with some additional financing for 1997-98. It is something I've recognized as an issue. As I stated in the House, I'm willing to work with the Member and the municipality to reach an accommodation that would be suitable regarding this issue.