Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the short answer to this is that Public Works, at this point in time, does not know the final price on this project.
With reference to how we arrived at the initial budget, Public Works and Services did go to consultants down south to try and arrive on a price that we could give to the client department for this facility. The consultants could not find a comparable facility down south so they came forward with the suggestion of roughly $35 million for a project like this.
However, that was in 1999 dollars. Unfortunately, there was no estimation taken into consideration at that time, so $35 million in 1999 dollars is what we are working with and that is what was put into the Department of Justice's budget.