Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Regarding the vehicles, there was a supplementary appropriation that was requested by this government in the range of $200,000 for the cost overruns of the vehicles when they were being delivered and constructed. Now, we are in a position of having to delete or take off a lot of bells and whistles, or extra shut-off valves and air hoses and what not, that seem to compromise those vehicles in cold weather.

I would like to ask the deputy minister, exactly what type of insurance or protection does this government have when we have a company providing vehicles and there is a cost overrun? Then, once it is delivered, we find out we have a whole bunch of problems with it. What type of protection do we have? Do we have insurance? Do we have a guarantee? Is it a lifetime guarantee? What type of guarantee do we have that we are not paying for something over and above the original price, where we are having to come forth to this House for supplementary appropriation, and then later finding that there are some major problems with that piece of equipment?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Steen.

Mr. Chairman, we are drifting into something that Public Works is responsible for.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Krutko.

Since the Minister wears both hats, could he not answer the question?

Mr. Krutko, we are here with Municipal and Community Affairs, so we will stick to that department. Thank you. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe the supplementary appropriation was requested by the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs. That is why I asked the question.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Did you want to comment on that, Mr. Steen?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the vehicles are under warranty. Certain things on that vehicle are covered by warranty. Some of the problems they have been experiencing are not warranty related. They are operational related. We have had to make modifications. Public Works has had to pay for modifications on these vehicles. Also, it has required some training on the part of the operators to prevent further problems with their vehicles. Part of the operation problems were related to the fact that there was no storage for the vehicles. We are resolving that by putting in place a parking garage now to accommodate the vehicle. We are working on the second garage. Those two garages, I believe, were also related to part of the funding for supplementary. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Krutko.

I am not too sure which supplementary the Minister is talking about. I am talking about the supplementary that came forward I believe in December, just before the last sitting, where there was that $200,000 and some dollars. From what you are talking about now, it is probably in this supplementary. Are there more supplementaries coming down that we are not aware of?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we would not be talking about a supplementary and a carryover at the same time. There are no more supplementaries coming forward.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Minister clearly stated that there have been some mistakes and what not that did take place. I would like to ask the Minister, could I get a breakdown of some of those areas? I know I have asked for it earlier in the House. I have not received it to date, so I would like to know what is the actual cost associated with this to date and the cost that has occurred because of these placements and improvement to the project and the vehicles?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I committed to do that, but tied to that commitment was the fact that we are still going through the process of taking those bugs out of those vehicles. We expect that is not going to be resolved until we are sure we have parking space for both, so we know they are not related to freezing. In other words, it is a process of elimination right now. I am hoping that by the time the warm weather comes in, we will be able to come together with a final price of what it is all costing. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Steen.

Mr. Chairman, I do know the Wha Ti community hall was in the plan for this year, but it is in a separate place in the book, I believe page 4-36. It is related to the fact that we approved, we moved up some projects under that new capital initiative. Wha Ti community hall was one of them. However, it has become more of an issue now because the old one burned down. Talking with Public Works, I cannot come to give the Member a commitment that this thing will actually be moved up to this year, where the construction takes place this year because we cannot guarantee the materials will be able to make the winter road. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Steen.