Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am told that there was an existing lease with the Lahm Ridge Investment Company and it was on a holdover and it was renegotiated. The honourable Member mentioned that we could have just dropped that lease and put it out for competitive tender. I am told that we could have done it, but it might have taken a couple of years to try to resolve finding new spaces and so forth, so it would have taken some time. It would have cost us money if we found a cheaper place some place else. This is a decision that was already made. We try to explain it the best we can. In hindsight, we could have done a lot of things differently, perhaps. It is like that in everyday life, but I like to move ahead and move with the decision that we have to make. We have a lot of others things that we have to deal with in this government besides the Lahm Ridge Tower. I would just like to answer like that. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 16th, 1998
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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