Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not going to argue about the validity or the need to do the actual work that we now have before us. Mr. Chair, where the frustration is, is in not knowing about how many other project proposals or requests before us are going to be of a similar nature. We are told and requested one thing, but things happen and it changes. We have a lot of different programs and things to manage here, and I just don't feel
that I have the discretion or the scope to continue to accept projects that end up being much larger and of a different scale than originally presented. This is where my reliance is on our experts, engineers, planners and designers to do the work thoroughly and bring a complete and thorough estimate on project descriptions to me for approval. Again, I bring this to the attention of the committee and the Assembly because of this deficiency.
Mr. Chair, I have one more question related to this project. Again, I think we are talking about the installation of a tangible asset, but yet it is booked under operations. Could the Minister offer an explanation as to why this isn't funded and financed through our capital project rather than out of operating dollars? Thank you, Mr. Chair.