Mr. Chairman, it worries me, hearing from the Minister of Public Works and Services about all the concerns in regard to security, accessibility, the health of the buildings and whatnot. Just on those arguments alone it tells me that departments are going to be finding excuses to move out of these leases. Yet you supposedly assure us that will not happen. We’ve already seen it happen in regard to the Department of Environment by moving out of a facility out to Shell Lake, converting the buildings out there into office space. I bet you a dollar to a doughnut that the Department of Environment will be in this new building as soon as it’s built. I know you can sit here and say you’ll guarantee that nobody will move out of those buildings. We’ve already seen that experience in Inuvik in regard to the Department of Environment. I know, basically, from the list of groups that are going to be looking for alternative space from the Divisional Board of Education, from ECE setting up clinics and whatnot, that will have a major implication on ensuring we do have long term leases or commitments to the private sector. Right now I know for a fact that most of those leases you’re talking about are month to month leases.
How can you tell me that there are not going to be any long term implications in regard to this specific arrangement in Inuvik, especially for leased space? How can you stand here and guarantee that there’s not going to be anything? Until I can see the guarantee in black and white, I know for a fact that this will have an implication for groups or organizations wanting to move. This has been on the minds of many senior officials in Inuvik for some time, how to find the perfect excuse to move out of these facilities, and now we’ve given it to them. I’d like to know: does the deputy minister know how many month to month leases are in Inuvik?