Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’d like to
welcome the Minister and the department here to
day. This looks like it’s a one item aspect or detail.
This looks like it’s the fibre optic link at the $91 million mark here, so this will probably be our last opportunity to ask questions specific to this large piece of infrastructure. It appears now that the fibre link is finished and we’re now seeing it actually on the books, and I’m assuming it will be taken care of in public accounts in the same way. We know that this originally started off around a $65 million project, and through about a year or two it did escalate to the number we have today.
I guess my first question is to maybe if I can get a broader scope. What was involved with the overall cost and budget of this P3 initiative to go from a $65 million project to now the $91 million that we have on the books? Thank you, Mr. Chair.