Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just wanted to add a few comments to the discussion. I’ve got a few questions as well.

Like many other Members, I’m supportive of the Inuvik school replacement. I have been for a number of years now, since the roof collapsed in 2004, and there’s a need there to replace that piece of infrastructure.

The interesting thing for me, though, is that if it was in the private sector and they needed to replace a piece of infrastructure like this — it’s a big building — it’d be done in the most timely, cost efficient, effective manner possible. What I’m seeing with this project is that if you follow the timeline back a ways, it’s had so many people involved in it, so many design changes, and time equals money, Mr. Chairman. I think it’s cost the government a tremendous amount of dollars even to get to the stage where we’re looking at a negotiation with a contractor to get the school built.

I guess the first question I would have is: why is it taking so long, an inordinate amount of time? If the agreement letter was out in July — it’s almost the middle of October — when are we going to have a deal signed so we can proceed with construction of the Inuvik school’s replacement?