Thank you, Mr. Nitah. The condolences do go to the family of the Giroux's. Item 3, Members' statements. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as in my Member's statement and questions that I put to the Minister yesterday regarding the Inuvik Regional Hospital, I would like to seek clarification from the Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat. The last response I received yesterday before the question was taken as notice was that it would go back to the Financial Management Board Secretariat for direction or the hospital project would be brought back into the department for a final decision.

What direction was given when it was changed from a P3 project to a traditional tender project? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, once the decision was made by the Financial Management Board, we basically turned it over to the Department of Health and Social Services, the client department for this project. Any further direction is from the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, not me. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when the Minister initially informed me of this change in the project, he informed me of a certain number of processes and ensured me that it would not be delayed. Can the Minister clarify for me here, as he stated yesterday that this was going to be on time and would proceed from that point, is that the case here? Or is it going back, as the Minister responsible for Public Works and Services said yesterday, to square one? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the decision by the Financial Management Board was to switch it from a P3 back to a conventional capital project. As I have told the Member before, there is no intention from the Financial Management Board to have any delay in the project. The intention was, an expectation under P3, the project would be completed in late fall or early summer of 2003. As far as I know from the Financial Management Board, that is still the intention. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, 30 percent of the drawings are done, and I have a copy of those. Can the Minister inform me if that is where it is going back to? When it went back to the department, is it starting from the point where it has left off? The government has already paid well over $1 million for some work on this facility. Can he inform me if that is where it is going back to? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, certainly as the Minister responsible for Finance, and Chair of the Financial Management Board, I would like us to use our money as wisely as we can. If there is work that has been done, then hopefully that can be used.

The design of the facility rests with the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services. I cannot speak for her in terms of how the new building will be designed. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Final supplementary, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the responses are getting lukewarm. He says he does not want to waste money. The previous government spent money on this project. Was direction given, when this project was changed from a P3 to a traditional tender, to go back and use existing information that has already been done? The groundwork has been done. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not trying to be evasive. I am just trying to make sure I stay within my mandate and my portfolio as the Minister responsible for Finance and not tread into other people's portfolios.

Mr. Speaker, the direction and the decision from the Financial Management Board was to switch it from a P3 to a conventional project. There was no decision regarding how we were going to make use of the work that has already been completed. As I said before, that is up to the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services as the client department. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services, and on the same issue. The Inuvik Hospital was constructed back in 1963, which is almost 37 years ago. Most buildings are pretty well obsolete or torn down in that timeframe.

There has been very little done in the way of trying to reconstruct or live up to the commitments this government made when it transferred Health and Social Services from the federal government to this government. I made reference to the 1998 Health Transfer Agreement. It clearly states, under section 2.8 to 2.16, the agreement deals directly with the Inuvik Hospital replacement. It is a direct statement to a particular hospital.

Yet, Mr. Speaker, nothing has been done to date. I would like to ask the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services when can we see the construction of this facility?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, some of the questions directed by Mr. Roland to Mr. Handley would have been better directed to me. Mr. Krutko's questions have to do with Finance, but we will try and provide some answers here.

I think everyone knows, hopefully everyone in this House knows, the people in the region of Inuvik know, that there is a commitment on the part of this government to replace the hospital in Inuvik. We went a long way down the public-private partnership road that used up a lot of time and a lot of energy.

When it was determined that this project was not going to be carried out under the method of acquisition of a P3 project, it was a decision of the Financial Management Board that we would return to a conventional tendering, capital acquisition option. At that time, my department was instructed to prepare a submission to go back to the Financial Management Board for the funding required to place this project under the capital acquisition plan. That is in the process of being done now.

I want to assure the Member we are working on this as expeditiously as possible. Maybe more important than the start date is the fact that we are committing to the completion date and not changing that: completion in the year 2003. Thank you.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell me when we can see the tender documents being put forward so people can start bidding on this project? Thank you.