I heard the word “deferred” many times, and “midlife”. Sometimes I feel the same way.
I guess the Minister did a great job in terms of setting the stage for my next set of questions. He did indicate that Public Works and Services is bringing this number down. This is a number that should be going in the right direction for taxpayers. I guess my question is: As members of committee here, we should see a decrease in that number over the next couple of budgets, that we will not see the repeat of $5 million on an annual capital assessment for budget purposes. Can we get some reassurances that that number will come down and that $5 million will not be a repeat number for the next couple budgets?