Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The technical aspects of the accounting can be answered by the Minister of Finance, perhaps through discussion in the standing committee. But I do know that the government has budgeted a little over $6 million for a young offenders facility and that originally $30 million was budgeted by the government in FMB. That was the amount that was decided by the Financial Management Board in September, 1998. That was not a decision based on detailed costing. When we undertook detailed costing of what it would entail to do major renovations to the adult facility over the winter, it came to light that, in fact, we would be looking at a total cost for major renovations to the adult facility at over $35 million. This was part of the reason that we looked at how we could still deliver within the financial scope of the project, how we can still, within the resources allocated, provide both a renovated facility or a replacement facility and a young offenders facility in time to meet the requirements of the fire marshal, plus, as we found out, we can do, instead of budgeting over five years and waiting to renovate, a great disruption to the staff and the inmates in the adult facility, we could do it in four years by integrating to two. This was how the work unfolded. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Stephen Kakfwi on Question 236-13(7): Rationale For New Correctional Centre
In the Legislative Assembly on July 27th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 236-13(7): Rationale For New Correctional Centre
Question 236-13(7): Rationale For New Correctional Centre
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