Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Member raised a very important concern that we are currently reviewing as part of our committee that looks at the infrastructure process. Allowing projects to move along quickly is something that we certainly need to incorporate in our planning. Moving the capital approval process into the fall session is part of that.

We have had some discussion for quite a few years with the community, with the other departments involved, trying to bring this to a conclusion. This is not the first estimate that was provided to us. We had the community involved that brought forward a number of things that they wanted to incorporate into the school. We had many discussions, many meetings to see what could be accommodated and who would pay for it. At the end of the day, with the first round of discussions and the first schematic designs that came forward, the price was a lot higher than it is currently. It was rejected. We had to start again with a new design, with a new approach and more simplified architecture and also a reduction in the floor space. That’s where we made progress with the proponents.

We also had to include and incorporate a better foundation design that would incorporate the strengthening of the foundation to address the permafrost and the soil conditions. Also, one of the things that we incorporated into this building is energy efficiency. We included a program in here that would see us save a lot of money in the area of heating this facility. Overall, during that time period, while we went back and forth with the community and departments, we’ve seen the cost of all our projects escalate, and so did the cost of this one.

We would like to change the process so that we don’t build false expectations in the communities when we go forward unless the community is willing to pay for it. We want to be able to bring projects to a peer review stage before we bring them in front of committee, before we bring them in front of Committee of the Whole, things of that nature, so that we don’t end up in this situation again.

However, Mr. Chair, we have a good price, we feel. We’ve analyzed it. We think all precautionary measures have been taken so that we have a good project, and we’re quite comfortable that we will end up with a good result.