Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Menicoche.

Did the Minister say up to a maximum of $180,000 dollars?

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Yes, I believe he did. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you for answering the question, Madam Chair. Because before, that's what happened in the not previously authorized amount for $184,000. What is the inconsistency here?

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The $184,000 ends up dealing with a couple of other figures in there. The negotiated purchase price ended up being $180,000, but the inspection cost was $1,685 and the closing adjustments were $2,521. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. NWT Housing Corporation, operations expenditures, NWT Housing Corporation, not previously authorized, $324,000.

Agreed. Total department $324,000.

Agreed. Thank you. Page 13, Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, advanced education and careers, special warrants, not previously authorized, $4 million. Does this say $4,000? Oh, okay, $4,000. Agreed?

Agreed. There are some zero's missing on there. Education, Culture and Employment, special warrants, not previously authorized, $2.5 million. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Madam Chair. This amount here is quite a well-rounded number, $2.5 million. I'm wondering if the Minister could advise how close is this to the cost of this renovation or is this basically an up-front deposit, if you will? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. This is the estimate that has been brought forward. It breaks down for a number of things that happened and I will provide those: gymnasium wing repairs were $1.1 million, foyer replacement is estimated at $650,000, classroom wing cosmetic upgrades $500,000, and repair work to date is $250,000. The work is still ongoing on the foyer end of things, but the gymnasium was as a result of the fire that happened right on the heels of the actual collapse of the foyer.

Madam Chair, as a result of the collapse, there was some damage to the foyer entrance and the library, stuff like that, so that included that and as we got into the repairs we also had to do upgrades on other parts of the facility because of code requirement. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Were any of these damages covered by insurance? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Unfortunately, no, as our new deductible limit is $10 million, so anything up to $10 million we pay from our own sources. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Of course, God forbid if this ever happens again to anyone, let alone any territorial facility, but just anywhere. Were there any preliminary findings as to the cause of this, other than the simple answer of snow? Was there a structural default in the roof of this building of some sort that could lead to the cause of this? Could the Minister kind of highlight some of the root cause again, other than the snow? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, after a substantial amount of work done on this from the finance and insurance side, an audit was done on the facility as well as work done from the Public Works and Services end, to see if the procedures that were being followed and done were appropriate, as well as what may have been the cause of the failure.

There were a number of things that happened and the difficulty is the fact that this building is 37 years old and trying to go back to the actual construction of the facility and further repairs that may have been done. In doing the history and going back we had found that the roof itself was not a reason for collapse under pressure of snow, it wasn't the trusses that were looked at. There was work done in that area, there was identified some repairs that happened after the original construction that we had to have a closer look at. When it comes down to it, a number of things came on and it wasn't the roof itself, it wasn't the support structure there, but what they found was the rear wall of the facility had collapsed and caused the rest of the roof to cave in. Thank you.