Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm not going to go on at length. I think a lot of ground was covered by my colleagues here in terms of this proposed expenditure of $3.5 million. I guess there's a couple of fundamental things I just wanted to mention and I guess the first one is the Minister, in discussions we've had with him previous to this on the Deh Cho Hall and the upgrades that were required there, I think he should have come here this evening with the numbers in hand on what the square footage is; at the bare minimum, what the square footage is today that's being utilized by our government employees and other tenants in that building, and the square footage that would be needed in a new building. I think at the very least the Minister should have come here prepared with that.
Mr. Chairman, I wanted to again just mention this. This has been an issue now for four years. Why isn't it in the capital plan? Why isn't there a new building for Fort Simpson? I know other Members have mentioned this. We're letting the residents of Fort Simpson down here. We haven't come up with a plan. We haven't worked this through, and here we are at the 11th hour with a gun pointed at our head, either you spend $3.5 million or we're going to shut this building down. There's no wiggle room, there's no anything. I don't think it's fair for the Minister to put us in that position and I think it's irresponsible of Public Works and Services to put the Members of this House in that position. Absolutely. Mr. Chairman, I'm really quite upset that this has been allowed to take place. Why are we here discussing this? Other Members spoke earlier of this. It shouldn't be allowed to come to this, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.