Thank you. If I could have that net fiscal benefit, as Mr. Roland would like to say, for the school boards under these changes to funding formulas or funding rules ASAP, please.
The second question that I have with respect to the Minister's opening statement and the riding of Yellowknife is the school facilities issue. Madam Chair, there used to be in the books money for a new school, I believe it was about $16 million. It was there when this Assembly started and I don't believe it's there anymore. Now there is actually money allocated larger than that for renovation. That study, those decisions, I think, are based on the Facilities Management Committee, which comes out of the 10-year education facility plan. I'm just concerned about where this is heading. I know the Minister has informed me that he's appointed a new chair and he sees this as a 10-year long...It's a committee that would be set up for a 10-year plan, or for 10 years or whatever. I mean no disrespect to anybody on the board or the chair, that's not what this is about at all, but I am beginning to question the efficacy of the Minister studying these issues to death. I don't understand why we had a school set up and now we find that we don't. You know, it's not like these educational facilities report recommendations get adopted. In the end it's really up to us what we do with our facilities money. It's really up to the GNWT whether there will be a new school or not, or the money should go into renovations. I have to tell you that the experience that we are going through from the latest facilities review is not a positive one. I don't know if we're making anybody happy with this process. I'm not sure if there was any new information found there that could not be determined by the Minister and the department. So I just don't understand what the point is of this exercise if, indeed, in the final analysis, the final decisions as to where the schools go or whether there will be a new school or not or renovations and what renovations will take place and when, that all is decided in this House.
We know already that the latest facility reviews indicated that Yellowknife needs a free-standing Aurora Campus, but the Minister has decided that is not going to be his priority. There are lots of parents and teachers in the city who believe that there's a need for a new school, but that's not going to happen. I believe the review report said that the renovations to Sissons was as important as the renovations to St. Joseph, but the department and the Minister...I don't mean, like, all of what I say here is directed toward the Minister, not to any of the officials because I do believe it is the Minister who is accountable to us.
So I need to ask the Minister why he needs to...You know, this is his third year into the mandate. What more does he need to study when we already have the power to make decisions about what we can and cannot do? Thank you.