Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for your indulgence. I’ll try and see if I can finish this. Just a couple more things that I wanted to mention.
It’s been mentioned already, but I think I also need to mention it from my perspective as a resident of Yellowknife, and that’s the first section of Highway No. 3 from Yellowknife to Behchoko. It’s a concern by many residents. The fact that we have to keep working on that highway is a bit of downer, but it needs to be done. I’m glad to see that it’s in the budget, but I am concerned whether or not there’s enough money in the budget to actually finish that project.
Stanton’s been mentioned, as well, and I note from the Minister’s comments that we are doing planning for upgrades required at Stanton Territorial Hospital. That concerns me. I would hope that we are doing planning for a new facility. I will have some questions when we come to that section of the budget, because I’m not sure whether we’re throwing good money after bad if we’re spending money on upgrades at this point.
Lastly, I wanted to just make a comment on the infrastructure contribution under the Department of Education, Culture and Employment which apparently is being made to a non-government organization. I will have some questions to the Minister when we come to that. It seems to be out of character of what we do as a government and I am a little concerned about the process that was used to get that project into the budget. It’s a valid project, but I am concerned that we’re setting a precedent and I will have some questions when we come to that section. That’s all I have.