Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What is before the House is really to cover a base adjustment to a contract cost that has been absorbed to this point by the Beaufort health and social services system that, as the Minister has pointed out, has helped contribute to their significant deficit, which is now in the neighbourhood of over $4 million.

The contract, as the Minister pointed out, was let. The contract prices have been fairly consistent. What has reached the breaking point, similar to the discussion we just had about the Stanton and the kitchen and laundry services there, costs have been absorbed in the system and they’re no longer able over time, due to inflation and other pressures, to absorb those costs that have come forward to recognize that there’s a base adjustment required to cover off the costs so that the Beaufort-Delta Health and Social Services Authority does not just continue to run up a significantly increasing deficit. That’s the financial background.

In terms of the question of value that the Member has asked, I’ll ask, once again, Mr. Chair, with your agreement, to have Minister Beaulieu speak to that.