Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That is the problem. We do not really know what the total cost of this is going to be. If it continues to accumulate and we find out that the problem is going to be costing us...until we can nail it down and see what the overall cost is and what the long-term feasibility cost of cleaning this up is going to be, I think it is important we have some sort of a mechanism so we can identify those.
One of the concerns was raised in regard to the whole area of the Auditor General report and the whole area of environmental liabilities, is these types of problems that we come across, where we have to start having a better inventory of exactly what the assets are that this government owns, and what are the conditions of the properties and the liability that come along with these properties when we take them on, or we devolve them to somebody else to take on.
I think that we as a government have to realize that once these costs start appearing, it could be tens of millions of dollars, if not hundreds of millions of dollars, in the future. I think that we have to do a better job of pinpointing these things and nailing them down and get a better number so we can see exactly what the total costs of these really are.
So I think that we do have to do more in that area. So I would like to ask the Minister, could he somehow compile that information to see exactly what the costs are that have been spent to date and a general idea of how long it is going to take to clean this site up? What are the total costs of this specific project? I feel that this is just the tip of the iceberg, where there are going to be a number of other areas creeping up, similar to this one. Thank you.