Just to complete that, when can we expect that to be added in? Do we have a date on that? And, for that matter, do we have an amount on that yet?

This answer requires a little detail and I’ll ask the deputy minister to respond to that.

Deputy Minister Neudorf.

Thank you, Mr. Neudorf. Anything further, Mr. Bromley?

Thank you, Madam Chair. That’s good. I was just asking when that might be.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Neudorf.

Thank you, Mr. Neudorf. Page 450, Transportation, revenue summary, information item.

Agreed. Thank you. Page 451, Transportation, active position summary, information item.

Agreed. Transportation, airports, operations expenditure summary, $27.811 million. Ms. Bisaro.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I just have a quick question here with regards to the Yellowknife Airport. I haven’t heard anything recently, but certainly over the last six to 12 months there have been a couple of comments about making changes at the Yellowknife Airport, making changes in the management, perhaps privatizing it and so on.

Could I get a comment on whether or not there’s anything reflected in the budget around that kind of action and/or what the department has planned, if they have anything planned for the Yellowknife Airport? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Beaulieu.

Thank you, Madam Chair. We’ve completed a report on the governance of the Yellowknife Airport, and we now have a consultant looking at that and looking at the options. Most likely, if there’s going to be privatization or a change in the way the governance at the Yellowknife Airport occurs, then it will probably be something that would be decided at the next Assembly.

Not being on a committee that has this department as part of their mandate, I would like to ask the Minister if the report that he referenced is public. Has it gone to committee yet and/or has it gone to the public? Thank you.

The report has not gone to committee, but the report is on the website.

Perhaps I could get the name of that report so I would know what to look for. To the Minister, I’m a little surprised that we have a report with recommendations and now we have a consultant who is evaluating those recommendations. So, maybe I could get an explanation as to why we can’t just take the recommendations from the report and internally decide on where we want to go.

We can send the report to committee or any of the Members that wish to review the report. The report is mostly a report on what the current situation is. It’s not something that is, in the sense, something we could do something with as far as the governance goes. So, what we’re doing is we’re asking a consultant to look at the report and put it in terms where we can look at and determine whether or not it would be something that would be feasible to move forward with.

I think that’s good. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Okay. Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Airports, operations expenditure summary, $27.811 million. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just one question on this page. I note a reduction of about 35 percent in facilities budget between the previous couple of years and this year. I’m just wondering if there’s a ready explanation for that decrease. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Neudorf.