Thank you. Well, just as a rough guide, if you use $130 a square foot, which seems reasonable for construction costs -- it may be slightly higher in Yellowknife now, but that's probably a good ballpark -- you don't come up with anywhere near the $1.7 million. If we are talking about refurbishing something at $1.3 million and trying to eke some extra life out of it as compared to replacing it for slightly more -- I think this is the point Mr. Lafferty made yesterday -- why are we even talking about refurbishment when replacement is so close, based on these numbers? I think we do need to have some discussion with Public Works, because these estimates are right in the information we've been provided and you have to more than double the construction cost of $130 a square foot. Even if you make it $260, Mr. Chairman, you still don't get $1.7 million. So we have no way to understand what this means or what the information provided says. Unless we're missing something very obvious here, this seems strange. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
In the Legislative Assembly on February 26th, 2003. See this statement in context.
department Of Education, Culture And Employment
Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 25th, 2003
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