Thank you, Mr. Chair. The budget for the planning study is in Public Works and Services. We have been working on this project for a number of years. We had obviously hoped to have this moved forward previously but we had more difficulty gaining community acceptance of the parcel of land that would be utilized for the new health centre. It took longer than anticipated, which obviously delayed our ability to do a planning study. You can't do the planning study until you have the land because, if you're talking about design, build, how the facility is going to look, what programs you're going to need, you do have to have a sense of where the location is going to be. Unfortunately, it took longer to get to the planning study than we had hoped. As a result, we will not have the planning study done until the end of this fiscal year. As I've said in the House and I've said in the committee and I've said to the Member, the earliest we could see Fort Simpson getting into the capital plan is 2018-2019. I do have to note that it will have to compete against a large number of other projects, including health centres, school projects, and many, many other capital priorities of this Assembly.
Glen Abernethy on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 27th, 2016. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
October 26th, 2016
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