Mr. Chair, it is the outdoor spiritual and recreation program area that’s been highlighted here. It has been discussed, as has the need to have this area for this summer as the start of the project.

The specific area has been requested by the NSCC, the coordinator of the facility. A primary needs assessment has clearly identified the need for outdoors programs to address the spiritual, physical and recreational needs of the offenders. The intent of the program is to provide an expansion to these traditional recreation programs.

Currently, we do not have a facility — an area — specifically for aboriginal cultural and religious healing programs, so this is one area the department and Corrections want to utilize. That includes a trapper’s cabin, drying and stretching racks, elders’ cabin, tent, sweat lodge, feeding-the-fire structure and so forth. There are all these different projects within the time frame that has been outlined for the specific area.