Thank you, Madam Chairperson. It is our intent to take the Yellowknife facility out of the P3 process, and there are a couple of reasons for that. From what I understand, the project had always been proposed for a lot adjacent to the correctional centre, but the consultants who were looking at some of the initial design work for YCC, suggested that it was already being planned for close to that centre. If it were set so that it could share some of the facilities, there was probably room for savings of over a million dollars in capital costs and $250,000 or $260,000 in ongoing operations and maintenance. The other reason we had to consider was timing. We have been finding, as we are fairly new in the P3 process, it is taking us quite some time to work through a lot of the kinks and to get projects on the ground. Given the fact that we must have this facility up and running very quickly, there was some concern about whether or not, in addition to the capital savings, if we left it as a P3 project, we could actually achieve its conclusion in the time frame that we have. At this point, there has been no change in the status of the Inuvik facility.
Charles Dent on Motion 44-13(7): Termination Of Planning For New Yellowknife Correctional Centre
In the Legislative Assembly on July 30th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Motion 44-13(7): Termination Of Planning For New Yellowknife Correctional Centre
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
July 30th, 1999
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