Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I’m going to have to check Hansard, but what’s not in the capital budget the last five years is the Trout Lake stand-alone school, so I’ll continue to press that matter. Earlier today in the House, or yesterday, I believe there was a commitment towards the planning studies. So, certainly the community looks forward to it and working with government to find a resolution to a stand-alone school without giving up the need for a community centre, which is valuable for the community of Trout Lake.

Also, I see in the budget there’s two level B, or level B/C health facilities being constructed, and there’s certainly the need to replace the one in Fort Simpson, and myself and the community have been trying to get some certainty around exactly when this health centre will be built. Certainly, like I said, it’s not in the capital plan, but the planning study is

well underway and the community has yet to be engaged, and for something as significant a capital expenditure of this, the community has to be engaged. So I look forward to answers to that.

As well, another area where I’ve been pounding the table, of course, is expenditures on Highway No. 7, and I’m pleased to see there are contributions towards Highway No. 7 in the capital budget. I’ve always made the case that Highway No. 7, especially for the community of Fort Liard, they use that highway a lot to make a living and I’d certainly like to see continued investment in Highway No. 7.

Also, something new is the smaller communities in my constituency have been leasing older buildings for health centres. I’m pleased to see that they’re moving towards expenditure of building and the government will build a new health facility in the community of Jean Marie, and the other communities, Trout Lake and Nahanni Butte, are certainly looking to have theirs replaced. They’re older and dilapidated; they’ve got, actually, some health issues with wildlife and ant infestation problems. So it’s certainly good to have a look at that.

Also, I know that we’ve got quite an injection into housing and affordable housing units as well as public housing stock. It’s an ambitious program there. So I’d certainly like to see every effort expended in completing those projects that are slated for the 2015-16 construction year and getting them off the ground early.

With the potential Inuvik-Tuk highway increase of expenditures, I really think that we should stick to what’s planned. I know that we’ve got negotiated contracts with people up there that want to work hard and create this highway as quickly as they can, but I really believe that we’re going down the wrong road by trying to expedite it, especially when they’re asking for $40 million for this fiscal year. Not the next one, but this one, and I’m concerned about that because I believe it will impact the regions, and the communities’ ability for capital spending may be affected, because we’re so close to the short-term borrowing limit as it is, and I think if something goes wrong with government planning, I’m afraid that they’ll have no choice but to stop some of the projects that are slated for the regions and slated for the communities to make up this shortfall.

The Members have spoken about, I don’t know if they’re unforeseen, but government has seen some of those expenditures that have yet to come, and that will certainly impact our short-term borrowing. I really feel that because of our procedures and guidelines and strict spending guidelines by the Financial Management Board act, that the regions and communities may have to suffer as a result of being so close to the short-term borrowing limit and our debt wall as well. Once again, I think the

communities might suffer because government wants to accelerate one project and/or other needs.

That’s my serious concern about community projects being delayed. Even though we’re talking about capital, I think it also, in a large part, affects our operating and maintenance as well. I’m concerned about that because there are other needs in the O and M that I’ve certainly been asking about, like extra nursing in Wrigley, certainly to the small communities about reviewing the New Deal and how do they manage their communities. Those are my concerns right now.