I did table today and, of course, you have not had an opportunity to read it, but some of the guidelines, and now I would go back to what the Chairman said earlier in his comments to the Budget Address. You have to give us some flexibility and latitude as we develop the policies, if you want, regulations, because it is new. We do not have all the answers today, but we will get some of the answers as we move along, which is the first thing I have to say.
I think when we recruited Mr. Coles, we were fortunate because he has an inordinate amount of experience and he understands some of the issues that are before us. I think, I have to say again, that from my perspective, while there has to be transparency and there has to be fairness, I want to keep coming back to affordability too. We have to be able to afford it. We cannot put the government back into debt that it cannot afford over the long term.
I would caution everybody, and this gives me an opportunity to get my two cents in here, that I do not see the Public/Private Partnerships as some huge panacea at the soul of all our infrastructure problems. I see it as a one small step in trying to alleviate the difficulties that we have had because of the cuts we have made to the capital budgets. It is not like we are going to go out there and spend millions and millions of dollars. The reality is, if you do two hospitals - I was going to say Arviat, pardon me, in Iqaluit and Inuvik - you could be looking at a $50 million bill right there you know, a $60 million bill. Mr. Chairman, I think that Mr. O'Brien and the others will have full exposure and full clarity on ultimately what comes down through the pipe and we will have lots of time to influence and give direction on where we are spending and where we are moving on the P3 I look forward to that debate. I mean, I know it is important. I know that our critics are saying there could be some other hidden agenda. I can assure you, there is no hidden agenda on the P3. The only agenda is to try to get the infrastructure back up to where it belongs, and I would hope that we would be able to reassure Mr. O'Brien and others that the concerns he has with respect to his riding or other ridings are going to be addressed in the next, hopefully, two to three weeks. Thank you.