Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was not a brilliant deduction, Mr. Speaker, it was brought to my attention about a year, year and a half ago. The report was there but there was never any action taken on it. I am being a good Minister, I am always interested in acting on things that need to be acted upon.

So, when I met with the library people and the honourable Member was there at the time, there were a number of issues. We are dealing with those issues, including some administrative issues. We put new curtain up to address the whole issue of the heat in the building, so that happened. We addressed the issue of providing another office space for the local librarian for Hay River. Now we are addressing the issue of the roof. The roof is of concern to us, Mr. Speaker, but because of the capital monies that that will require, we have to follow a process and I am following that process.

We did the assessment on it, we are trying to get a handle on the amount of money it will take. We cannot start this tomorrow, but I assure you I am very concerned about it because it is a valuable asset. We need to ensure that we protect that asset so we are moving forward, Mr. Speaker, in terms of trying to identify the funding for it. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, this government puts tremendous amount of emphasis in its capital planning process on the protection of assets, and I just do not think that this asset is going to be protected and I do not think this is good stewardship of the assets of the territorial government to allow something like a roof to go unrepaired because it can affect the entire structure of the building, as we all know.

I do not think that the projected date for working on this roof is satisfactory. When would the Minister commit to having this work commence? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have to follow the budgetary process, the business planning and then the budget process in the House, so depending upon the decisions made by this House with respect to money allocation, that is the time we can address the issue, Mr. Speaker. I have placed some urgency on this. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, by the time this roof gets repaired it will probably need to be replaced. I will ask the Minister then, will he compare the cost of replacing this roof to the cost of building a second floor on the building, to see if it is economically viable?

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I must say, the honourable Member for Hay River certainly likes to ensure her projects get done and I congratulate her on that. To add a second storey onto this building is a totally new project, Mr. Speaker. As the Member...

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... to replace the roof, but you also have to put walls around the building and heating and ducting systems and electrical. So it is not as simple as just replacing the roof, Mr. Speaker.

The roof is an issue and I understand the Member and yes, I am concerned and we are we are, hopefully will be able to move forward within the next half-year. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the IBAs have been pointed out by some of the Members. They may have relationship beyond what is evident, and extra intrinsic information is one of some concern to me, so that is what I am looking at, but it is restricted to the IBAs, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, we are all aware that the residential school issue, the victims of residential school abuse are being considered for compensation. I would like to ask the Minister if any payment or compensation is made to these victims, will that also be subject to clawback from his department? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was asked that question by way of a letter from the social envelope committee, I believe, and how we would treat that. We did respond to that letter. I believe the process is that we will not claw back or deduct the amount for pain and suffering, but lost wages, I believe, is being considered. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, will the Minister make that letter available to the rest of the Members of this House?

Yes, Mr. Speaker, I will get the Member a copy of that letter by tomorrow or the next day. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. It is in regard to the water bomber negotiated contract that is presently being looked at by Cabinet.

Mr. Speaker, under the existing policy of this government, one of the assessment processes that it has to follow is to ensure that the MLA or the affected MLAs are notified or support letters are given to support such an initiative. I would like to ask the Minister exactly, has he received any support letters from any MLAs on this negotiated contract?