I have a similar question on this item. I know for a fact there was a request for proposal for an office space with the option to lease/purchase, but that fell by way of financial or legal ramifications for doing that. But there was a lot of emphasis and effort put out by the private sector to look at this request for proposal. They took the time to develop the proposal, looked at the lease arrangements, and looked at the different options. They did have a building designed and everything else.

We also have the private sector that provides office space in Inuvik, where they made a lot of capital investment with millions of dollars. As a government don’t we have a policy on market disruption? Also, what are we doing to allow for the private sector to provide such accommodation as the facility we’re already leasing? I’d like to ask: was that ever taken into consideration?

Also, in regard to the request for proposal that was previously called for, do those groups still have an option to consider the possibility of building a facility and leasing it back to this government?