Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I'm completely aware that this is a regional health centre, and I recognize without question the value in moving forward with this facility.

The Member has suggested maybe Stanton bumped this facility. I do have to point out that Stanton facility has been in discussions and negotiations for well over ten years, probably approaching 12 years. The first time that we had a conversation about the Fort Simpson is when we did some initial assessment on the pilings, which proved to be wrong, as a point, which was about 2012, so it's only been in the works for a couple of years. But, as I've said before, you can't move any initiative forward like this until you've actually acquired the spot of land. If you're going to plan, your need to understand the ground you're building on, you need to understand its location so that you can incorporate plumbing and all of these things. It's all part of the planning study.

So, to be clear to the Member, we understand that this is a regional health centre, we understand the importance of this health centre, and we have been moving as quickly as we can, recognizing that you have to, you know, cross a few items on your check list before you can move forward. We've crossed those off, and we are moving forward as quickly as we can.

Unfortunately, as I've said before, the earliest we can expect to see this in the capital plan would be 2018-2019, and it will have to compete against all projects coming forward, and there are a lot of projects. I intend to push to get this onto the capital plan, but I think it's important for people to be aware of the realities. There are a lot of capital projects out there that need to get done.