Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, if I may just deal with the last question first, the question of the $300,000 that was identified in this current year's budget for Wha Ti. From what I am aware, there is work underway. The majority of the money will be expended this year. There may be the need for a small carryover to next year, which will be done at year end by way of special warrant once the amount is clear. They are installing a new double berm oil tank with assorted piping for about $80,000; they are doing some metal roofing, replacement needs, worth about $20,000; some light fixtures, about $30,000; and they are investigating the wood pile... Sorry, they are investigating the wood pile situation to see what state they are in. That's going to be about $10,000 and they are doing a ventilation upgrade for the total building. So the intent is to get this work done. The majority of the work, I have been informed, will be completed and as I indicated, if there is a need to carry over money, that will be done through the standard process of special warrant.
If I could just speak briefly to the issue of capital, there is clearly a need to have a balance, as I indicated previously, between maintaining the facilities we have and trying to work to build new facilities where they are needed. Both Hay River and Fort Smith, which are in the capital plan, have technical assessments going back a number of years that indicate that they are talking about building envelope failure. We are not just talking shiny new hallways. We are talking heating systems, roof replacements because they are leaking. I have toured both the facilities. Hay River has some problems with ground moving on one side of the building close to a ravine. In Fort Smith, it was done in 1998. We have those technical assessments available if the committee would like them. I would also like to extend the offer to committee, if they want, we can go down and take a look at those facilities. I would also like to point out, Mr. Chairman, that we, on an ongoing basis, seek to improve and maintain the facilities we have. In the last three years, we have put $4 million into the Fort Simpson wellness centre, some money into Fort Liard, some money into the alcohol and drug treatment centre. We've renovated some work in the Tulita health centre, the Deline health centre. We've done a major renovation, a half life renovation in Holman. We've done some work in Tsiigehtchic. We've just opened a new Aklavik health centre. The Inuvik hospital, worth $49 million, will be open this summer. We are doing a major renovation in Sachs Harbour. There's been about half a million in Fort Resolution, some work at Stanton. Also, in Fort Smith and Hay River, we have been doing emergency repairs trying to maintain the buildings until we get to the major renovations that have been planned for.
So, Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the Member's concern that he would like to see a health centre, nursing station, in Wekweti. We are putting the money we have to what we think is the best possible use. We are also doing our best on the program side. We are going to add doctors. We are adding long-term care people. We are trying to do improvements with the alcohol and drug workers at the community level. So could we do more if we had more money? Without a doubt, Mr. Chairman. We are going to put the toll-free line in the business plan for next year. We agree as well that it's a good idea. Unfortunately, it came in greater than the budget we had allocated. As well, we would like to try to identify some of our information technology money to see if we can supplement the telehealth money because once again we agree that it's a good development, a good technology that can assist in areas outlined by my colleague, Mr. Lafferty. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.