Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think we had enough levity on this project. Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Mr. Chairman, my question concerns the program cost schedule. This was an agreement signed by the federal government with the territorial government back in 1988. Because 85 percent of the population of the Baffin region is aboriginal, then the federal government would pick up 85 percent of the renovation or replacement cost. The cost to this government, as we can see in the budget, is only $200,000 in the project itself. I understand the P3 initiative would be the one that would be used for this and the Inuvik facility. This has to be clarified and on the record.
Following up on that, Mr. Chairman, my question to the Minister is, some type of confirmation on the negotiations that are ongoing and have been occurring for quite a lengthy time with our partner, the federal government. How much money would the federal government be contributing to the Inuvik and the Iqaluit facilities? We have not pegged that down in any substantive terms yet. Mr. St. Germaine is there, who seems to be the lead negotiator for our Department of Health and Mr. Ramsden. I would like to find out what the federal contribution to this project is and again, it is 85 percent covered by the federal government on the renovation and replacement originally. Of course, the reason for this is if we find out what the federal contributions are which is a grant, then we can subtract that from any type of leveraging we would have to do under the Private/Public Partnership arrangement and thus, lowering the exposure of lease payments as that type of financing. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.