Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The bridge, Deh Cho Bridge, is being built as a P3 project, private-public partnership. So in that arrangement, the Bridge Corporation made up of the combined community alliance will be the owner of the bridge initially. They are the ones who will borrow the money to build the bridge and it'll be financed over 35 or so years. So the GNWT will not be using capital money for this project. The $25 million the Member refers to is money that is identified in the federal budget. It's $25 million a year for seven years for trades-related infrastructure. We don't have exact definitions from the federal government what that means. We have been told, though, that they're still working on the guidelines. At this point, it is not our intention to use capital money for the Deh Cho Bridge at all. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 73-15(6): Deh Cho Bridge Project
In the Legislative Assembly on May 14th, 2007. See this statement in context.
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Question 73-15(6): Deh Cho Bridge Project
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