Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Department of Public Works and Services is the department that's been in contact and dealing with the fire marshal's office. The letter that was sent to one of our senior project managers was dated in January 2006. The fire marshal's office has been involved for some time before that. It is an unfortunate situation where we are in the position we are. Ultimately, much work has been done, so the department has been dealing with this. It's not like this is parachuted in and going to take over other projects. On an annual basis every department can put projects on the planning table, so to speak, and they would have to justify why their project would make the cut for that year and show up in the business plans as a potential approved project. Once that gets the first nod at business plans, we would then draft the draft main estimates including that for final vote of the Assembly. So each department would do its work based on the criteria that's been set out in the capital planning process. A number of factors would be involved. There are five items, I don't have them up front. We've presented that to committee a number of years ago on the capital plan process, and the department can bring forward their plan and it would compete with others. If it ranks as high through the ranking system and makes it right through the process to the business plans, ultimately it would be Members of this House that would direct that if it, in fact, it is a new place or a new renovation. Right now the department has opted with the recommendation that it be a replacement.
Yes, as I laid out yesterday, the first indication and involvement with the fire marshal's office was dated back in 2002 and there's been a number of correspondence, meetings since then. Ultimately we've been given the letter saying here's what you have to do, here's the timeline you have to meet. We've been working with the client department trying to complete this process. Unfortunately we missed the boat on the last capital planning exercise and are now in a position where we have to come forward in this manner through a supplementary appropriation to get the first part of this money to keep the facility open. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.