Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do not have the previous main estimates document in front of me, so I do not recall what was stated in there. But there certainly was money in last year's budget for the Laing building. In fact, there has been for a couple of years now. Because the debate has gone on for so long, it was not being spent and continued to be passed on through the carry-over process into the subsequent year's budget.

If I recall correctly now, and excuse me if my memory is not 100 percent correct, but there was not a portion of the Laing Building funding that was included in the supplementary appropriations last year. It may not have been identified as Laing Building. I believe it was identified as office renovations.

There were two major projects last year. One was on the Hodgson Building and one was on the Laing Building. Some design work has been underway in the Laing using funding from the current year budget.

Mr. Chairman, the answer is yes, there is another opportunity to discuss the balance of the project. We are certainly continuing the work that is already underway on the Laing Building by using the funding that we are seeking approval for in this interim appropriation.

Mr. Chairman, there has been a project entitled "office renovations: various, Yellowknife" that has been a part of the department budget for a number of years. There has been money that typically includes a number of different projects. I believe expenditures under that project last year were in excess of $1 million,

I have said before that it included a couple of projects. One major project that was completed was the Hodgson Building project. There was an upgrade and a renovation.

The other project that was started was the Laing Building project. We have begun designs on that project.

Mr. Chairman, I can reiterate that the funding for the project was approved. If I recall correctly, funding was approved two years ago and was carried over into last year, at which point the work began.

Much of this project has been deferred from previous years because of delays in agreement on what the course of action was going to be for the government. The case was overwhelmingly in favour of upgrading and renovating the building. We debated the business case for that for a considerable period of time. The decision was to invest in that building and the funding was approved through the supplementary appropriation process.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have one question for the Minister on the negotiating contract with the Nishi-Khon building in Rae-Edzo. I wrote him a letter in February supporting the negotiating contract. He returned a letter to me saying that with the support of myself and the band, it might go ahead. I am wondering how far they are with the negotiated contract?

Mr. Chairman, as far as I am aware we have not received a proposal at this time, although we have received the letter of support the Member provided. We have not received a proposal from the company at this time.

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