I just wanted lend my support to the motion that’s before us this evening, for a couple a reasons.
I’d like to get some more information. This is a tough one. I give a lot of credit to the Minister and his department for going out, and they are actually one of the departments that has done a fair amount in the area of reductions, and they are to be applauded for that.
With this one, however, there’s some concern over the amount of money that has been injected. I know we approved $300,000 in the interim appropriation for the Shell Lake area. I’m not sure how much more we’re going to need to spend there to get offices relocated from Inuvik out to Shell Lake. It’s something we need to spend a little bit more time on. I’m not sure if the amount that shows up in this motion of $50,000 is necessarily the amount of money it’s going to take to get us through to the fall so that we can, hopefully, get some more answers. I certainly would like to investigate a little more about what it’s going to cost in ENR to relocate out to Shell Lake and whether or not there’s going to be a presence in downtown Inuvik. Those are things that have been highlighted by my colleague from Mackenzie Delta.
Those are important things, and I think we need to keep those in mind, and we need to just make sure we are doing the right thing. In an effort to save some money we might have to spend a lot more. Again, I’m going to support the motion. I don’t think it’s going to end up being $50,000 at the end of the day until we come up with a solution. That’s my take on it.