I do appreciate the Minister’s offering. In fact, we’ve already had the offer within the backrooms of our offices. I’m trying to get this information out into the public, and the only way I can do that is when I’m asking forthright questions, and I’m asking the Minister to be forthright back.
I understand what the amount is today. But I think it’s because we’ve brought some light onto the subject a couple months ago and now we’re getting current, and I can’t say that number out loud, because that number’s not public yet, and that’s a hard thing for me to ask. I’m asking the question what that amount was less than a few months ago, in terms of what the rolling average was.
As the Minister indicated, this was close to about $3 million. We are financing $3 million on a rolling average and that has a cost to it. All I’m trying to do is to show savings in design in how we can set up this account with the Government of Nunavut so that we’re more current, on a more current basis and not to overly extend the so-called 180 days that appear consistently through the program.
Again, Mr. Speaker, my question is: What was the amount in June of this year owed to the Government of the Northwest Territories from the Government of Nunavut at over 180 days?