Just moving on, and I know, as a P3 projec
t, the Stanton Territorial Hospital, I’m not
sure if it’s a renewal project, but a new project, is a P3 and, therefore, probably involves Finance as well as Public Works and Services. So far we don’t have a good record for finishing our large infrastructure projects on budget. Most recently, of course, is the Inuvik-Tuk Highway, which is half built and already 15 percent above the promised cost. I guess one of the things that we heard about a lot and that we’ve seen with the Mackenzie Valley Fibre Optic Lin
e, for example, is what’s termed in
the analysis literature on P3 projects as “cost creep,” where the government keeps shifting what the cost is and says they’re meeting those costs.
So, what checks and balances are in place to ensure that the cost of this facility does not go over,
like has been our experience to date with large infrastructure projects? Thank you.