Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would have to double-check, but I would think that there would be 15 percent of the total revenue of the new Western Territory. I had better double-check with Mr. Voytilla, but it would seem to me to make sense that is what would occur. I know that they have got some of those checks and balances in there to ensure that this government and future governments do not get in over their head, as they say, financially. Certainly, in keeping with the approach that we have taken for all the division issues, we would have to separate that out. I will double-check with Mr. Voytilla and confirm with my colleague tomorrow.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Henry.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, I think that is important information and I would await the Minister's response to it. My second question is, Mr. Speaker, is the figure of 15 percent cumulative? Thank you.

Mr. Todd.

I do not have the answer to that question, Mr. Speaker, I have to be candid, so I will take the question as notice and report back to my honourable colleague tomorrow afternoon.

The question is taken as notice. Oral questions. Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is to Mr. Todd, the Minister responsible for FMBS. I wonder if Mr. Todd could give the House a status report of the P3 projects that are under way in Nunavut?

The Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board, Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are, I think, two active projects right now. Three, my colleague says. I believe one in Cambridge Bay, one in Arviat, four actually, my apologies, I am just trying to get my numbers right because they are all at different stages, so maybe I will just take one at a time. Let us use the Arviat one first, because that being my own riding the concern of my colleague is understandable. The Arviat Medical Centre is out for, I believe, RFP, right now. There are a number of firms apparently interested in doing that. I am not quite sure exactly when that closes. I know that there is an effort right now to try and get that done early in the new year. There is an RFQ out on the Cambridge Bay medical facility, that is at the RFQ level, and that is to determine who is going to do the architectural work, et cetera. The medical facility in Iqaluit, Cambridge Bay, I do not know why I have lost track. Maybe I should start again. I am sorry. There are four projects, let me try again. Pardon me. I had a phone call and I lost track of what I was saying.

There are four projects, Mr. Speaker, out there. The one in Arviat is currently at the RFP stage. The one in Cambridge Bay is at the RFQ stage. The ones in Iqaluit and Rankin Inlet still have not got to either of those stages, as they are trying to complete the plan with the health boards and with the Department of Health so they can then move to the RFQ and RFP stage. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wonder for the benefit of the public and Members of this House if Mr. Todd would give us the official definition of an RFP and RFQ.

Mr. Todd.

An RFQ is where we request, where we advertise for a particular project and we ask individuals or organizations or companies that are interested in bidding on this particular project. There is a criteria set and a management team determines who has the capability, who has interest, et cetera. They then determine a short list because there is a significant cost to the developer and that short list then moves to RFP, which is a Request for Proposal. A Request for Proposal is similar, as we have said on a number of occasions, to a tender, but gives some flexibility to the private sector to provide some innovative ways in which the particular project can move forward. Thank you.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wonder if the Minister could give me some details or actually what the process is after the RFP is concluded? Thank you.

Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, once the RFP is concluded then the committee, made up of a variety of department people, will then decide on who is the successful proponent based upon whatever the criteria is, cost, ownership, design, et cetera. There is a list of criteria that proponents have to meet. They would then make that decision at the departmental level and move onward and award the contract. Thank you.

Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the Minister could confirm what the dollar amounts are, roughly, at this point in time in relation to the Arviat project, the Cambridge Bay project, and the Rankin Inlet project, and also if the Interim Commissioner's Office has signed off on these particular projects? Thank you.

I will just let the Minister respond. Mr. Todd.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, just to round it off in the millions, it is easier that way, I believe the Arviat project is somewhere in the range of $4 million, the Cambridge Bay project is somewhere in the range of $9 million, the Rankin Inlet one somewhere in the range of $11.8 to 12 million, and the Iqaluit project somewhere in the range of $31 to 32 million. Thank you.

Pardon me, on the issue of the Interim Commissioner, we have been working very closely with the Interim Commissioner's Office and I think there is, now I cannot speak on his behalf, but I believe there is a recognition by his office and by the staff of the future Nunavut Government that P3 projects are important and a way in which we can get public infrastructure built, and I believe they are now partners, if you want, in the decision-making process on the RFP and RFQ process. They are now a partner in that. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions, Mr. Ootes.

The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent.