Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I support this motion. I think that this decision that was made regardless of whether Mr. Dent wants to argue the technicality of the financial administration manual or not. The point of having standing committees is so that they can review the plans of various departments before decisions are made, not after the fact. I disagree with the Minister that there is such urgency attached to this project, that after certain money was voted in the budget, in the House, that the Cabinet could then take this back, substantively alter what the plans were and I hear that they are sorry that they did not consult the committee, but forget about the timing, this is a major project. This is the largest project that this government is going to undertake, that we have committed to undertake in the life of this Assembly and for a project of this size to be modified or changed in any way without following the protocol that we have set out for consultation with committees to see what kind of other information is out there to receive input from other MLAs is not acceptable.
I do not think this motion is saying that this project is not going to go ahead. I think what we are saying is we would like it returned to the drawing board, consult through the appropriate avenues and present those compelling and convincing arguments that are the basis of the decision to the committee and to the MLAs. I do not think that is an unreasonable request. This is a major shift and maybe the building will deliver the same type of program, but this is still a major shift and this is a lot of money. I do not think that this decision being made without consultation is defendable in any way. I will be supporting this motion.