Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe the approach, as the Minister of Finance has indicated, was to make the capital investment required to get the facilities up and running. The government would make that capital investment and it would be recouped through fees that would be collected. So I am not sure of the length of time in terms of the RFPs and how long contracts would be awarded for. The idea is to be able to operate on a break-even basis. We don't want to subsidize this on a go-forward basis. So fees would pay for the operation and fees would also be used to recoup our initial capital investment. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Brendan Bell on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 2005. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
June 1st, 2005
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