Thanks to the Minister. I’m glad to hear that. I think one of the things we did was we moved our discussion of the capital budget to the fall, an October session, and that was supposed to help a whole lot because it allowed a lot of planning to take place so that when April 1

st hit, things were

off to a running start. There were a couple of other things that we did specifically. Are those not working any longer, or why is this still high? We did some really major things to address this.

I think another thing we did that I recall is we moved from a D level estimate on costs to C level, which is a much more refined and reliable cost estimate level. So we did some really significant things. It seemed to help, but obviously it isn’t.

Are there other things that we didn’t identify that are the issue, and if not, how are we looking at this to ensure that those best efforts the Minister referred to lead to some efficiencies?

It’s worth noting that while the overall percentage of carry-overs is up, on a numerical dollar basis, it’s about $26 million less than last year. We had some major projects tied to Health and some to Transportation tied to contracting and some design issues that we have worked our way through.

The anticipation is this year that we will once again try to set the bar as high as we can. I believe the system is working. I think the changes we made are good ones. But every building season you have to look at the type of projects, the complexity and these other variables that we sometimes don’t have complete control over. We’re confident that, once again, when we sit here next year that we will have concluded these projects and, hopefully, a greater amount of the projects in the upcoming capital plan for ’14-15.

I don’t have anything further. I guess I’m not inspired by that particular response because I’ve heard it many times before. The proof will be in the pudding, but I do take the Minister that he will be putting best efforts out there. I guess I throw out the idea that looking for some specifics might help direct those best efforts. That’s all I have.

I appreciate the Member’s exhortation to do better and noting how difficult he is to be inspired, so we will really try to make sure we can have this discussion next year and maybe it will have a different outcome.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. If there are no further general comments, we will turn in our document, please, to page 5. The 2013-14 Supplementary Appropriation, No. 2 (Infrastructure Expenditures), Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, operations expenditures, community operations, not previously authorized, $6.452 million; total department, $6.452 million.

Thank you. Page 6, Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditures, education and culture, not previously authorized, $50,000; advanced education and careers, not previously authorized, $108,000; total department, not previously authorized, $158,000.

Thank you. Human Resources, capital investment expenditures, directorate, not previously authorized, $117,000; total department, not previously authorized, $117,000.

Thank you. On to page 8, Finance, capital investment expenditures, office of the comptroller general, not previously authorized, $28,000; office of the chief information officer, not previously authorized, $572,000; total department, not previously authorized, $600,000.

Thank you. Page 9, Public Works and Services, capital investment expenditures, asset management, not previously authorized, $4.414 million. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just more of a clarification on some of the asset management lines in this budget category, the first of which is the deferred maintenance - various for over $2 million. If we can maybe just get the department to highlight what some of those top line entries are for that supp. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Guy.

Thank you, Mr. Guy. Public Works and Services, capital investment expenditures, asset management, not previously authorized, $4.414 million.

Petroleum products, not previously authorized, $298,000.

Thank you. Public Works and Services, total department, not previously authorized, $4.712 million.

Page 10, Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, health and social services programs, not previously authorized, $26.077 million. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to follow up on the Stanton Hospital line items here. What was the budget? I understand that this is work that wasn’t done. It was supposed to be done. What was the budget for the work that was to be done in the year that this carried over from?