Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the process we would follow when it's an owned asset of our own, whether it's a school or a health centre or a warehouse, if it is an owned asset we would go down the process of looking at it and we continue to do that, is just replace it with our own capital dollars and continue to own it. The government at one time reviewed the possibilities and actually sold off a number of its owned assets and looked at leasing more space. That's something we continue to do as we review each situation, is do we do this. Ultimately, what we would have to decide is in fact, because right now we don't have a lease program in place, we'd have O and M to operate a facility. To go into a lease program is a shift from where we are. In fact, as I stated earlier as well, or yesterday, the leased option is something that we're going to have to consider when you look at our total capital plan and the number of projects that are on the books. The capital plan is now going to be potentially capped out, because the requirements are far exceeding the dollars available and we would have to look at ways of getting some of this much needed capital on the ground and leasing is always one of the options. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Floyd Roland on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 7th, 2006. 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 6th, 2006
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