Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It may appear to the honourable Member that things are shifting and so on. Things are moving fast and I hope we all keep up with it. We have to move fast. We have a big agenda to accomplish.
In answer to the question, yes, the P3 projects fit within my mandate. When were the decisions made? I can tell the Member that in November, 1999, the Financial Management Board Secretariat made a decision that the Inuvik Hospital would go ahead as a P3 project, and that the other projects would be put on hold pending a review of the implications of the P3 initiative. When those projects are put on hold, Mr. Speaker, those projects do not just disappear somewhere. The alternative is, I suppose they could disappear right off the earth, but the other alternative is that they then revert back to our traditional practice or form of capital planning.
Mr. Speaker, it was in November 1999 that the Financial Management Board Secretariat made that decision. That was not this government.
Mr. Speaker, I should let the Member know as well that when the results of the review are analyzed and decisions are made, if the review shows that continuing with P3 projects is the way to go, then it would be put back into a P3. If not, it will continue to stay where it is right now in the capital planning process. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.