Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have not been in this House nearly as long as the honourable Member posing this motion. I have, however, been here long enough to have heard him speak of capital projects that are not necessarily kept the same throughout the life of their conception and completion in this government. I disagree and would challenge his definition of what constitutes a new capital project. In our budget books we have a capital project for YCC. We are not changing the functional program by switching from renovation to new construction. Is the Member saying then that we should cancel the work on Tsiigehtchic School because we went from renovation to new construction? I do not think so. Over the years while meeting in this House, we have made this kind of change many, many times. There is no acceptance that we did not follow the proper process. What we apologized for was being slow at giving the committee notice. Contrary to what Mr. Morin alleges, because this is not a new capital project, this falls under section (b), 4.3(b), which says that the responsible Minister will advise the appropriate MLA and standing committees of changes made.

Therefore, it is not to be considered as far as this government is concerned, as a new project. There has been no change in the functional program. The project itself exists in the book. I listed three projects today where we made a switch from renovation to new construction, all based on information that was brought forward by consultants to demonstrate that we could save the public a considerable amount of money. It has been done in the past. Why would we not do it again in this situation? We should do it again in this situation.

I want to make it very clear that this government has apologized for not following the procedures as quickly as we should have. We should have advised the committee earlier. We are not saying that we did not follow the guidelines. Mr. Chairman, I have to say that I am really quite taken back by this motion and I do not support it. Thank you.