Thank you Mr. Speaker. I have a return to an oral question asked by Mr. Roland on June the 26th, 2000, regarding progress to the Inuvik Hospital project.
The Department of Public Works and Services is currently working with the Department of Health and Social Services to develop a management and project delivery plan for the Inuvik Hospital project.
The change from a P3 approach to a traditional capital-funded project has required the reassignment of staff and confirmation of the basic project parameters. It is expected that much of the previous work on the project is still applicable.
Both departments are aware of community and regional interest in seeing the project proceed as quickly as possible. However, this is a highly complex and highly specialized facility. It will be critical to ensure that the project management and delivery approach is well thought out and that the basic project parameters are clearly understood by all parties.