Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Public Works in regard to the cost overruns at the correctional facility. Mr. Speaker, this project was supposed to come in around $33 million. It sounds like we are well into the $40 million range.
I would like to ask the Minister, did the Department of Public Works and Services underestimate the economic reality of what is going on in the North, where the cost of development is going up? By underestimating that, this cost is now being a burden on the policies of this government.
I would like to ask the Minister, does his department know at this time what the actual cost of this project will be at its conclusion?