Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Member raises some good points. We are in a time of transition with the planning process. This is our first cycle through, for example, having changed the capital planning process to the fall. We’ve struck an infrastructure subcommittee to look at a lot of the issues in regard to this process. We all know very well, those of us that have been here any length of time…. The North Slave Correctional Centre, the first P3 they built in Fort Smith back in the 13th Assembly, was the last one
they built at the time, as well, because of all the issues that came out of it.
We recognize there are things that we’re trying to do, as Minister McLeod indicated. We want to have a tighter cycle, a better peer review. We’re looking at bundling projects. We’re looking at standardized designs. We want to, as the Member has indicated, not overdesign buildings or bring in fittings that are so exclusive and rare that they’re incredibly expensive. Those things are underway.
This project, as has been pointed out, has been in the pipeline now for quite a few years. So we’re going to be in a time of transition here, as we make these significant changes to our infrastructure planning process. We have to work our way through to be able to show the new improvements that we intend to bring forward collectively here as the Legislature.