Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Unfortunately, I cannot predict the future. I wish I could. The reality is, I am going to be serious with this because I know the importance of the issue to my honourable colleague as well as to myself. A detailed cost-spend analysis is going to be done on those projects. That cost-spend analysis has to be done and there has to be a return for investment, one way or the other, by this government. When we have done that we will then know what the short and long-term fiscal obligations are to this government and the future governments. This Finance Minister, under the P3 projects, does not want to leave a legacy of debt for future governments if they cannot afford it. The affordability issue has been essential right from the very beginning I would ask my colleague to be patient on this issue and he will get the answers he wants. Should he get elected in the next election, he will be able to deal with what happens next year. I cannot predict what is going to happen next year.
John Todd on Question 594-13(5): P3 Initiative Accounting Process
In the Legislative Assembly on May 29th, 1998. See this statement in context.
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Question 594-13(5): P3 Initiative Accounting Process
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 28th, 1998
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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