Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the planning study for the Lutselk'e facility has been completed, and what it's proposing is a retrofit expansion for that facility. We are just waiting to find a way to get it into the queue when capital room is available. It would be competing with Fort Simpson, assuming we get it done, which I anticipate we will, Tulita, Jean Marie River, and a number of other projects. We're trying to move all of these forward as quickly as we can.

The earliest that it would be in the budget would be 2018-2019, recognizing once again Tulita, Fort Simpson, Jean Marie River, and a number of other facilities and projects that we need to get done within the Department of Health and Social Services.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I'm satisfied with that response. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Further for this section? Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There's a line item for 18 extended care beds in Yellowknife, and my understanding is some of those are going to Avens and some of those will be in the old Stanton Territorial Hospital facility. Do we have now a plan for the old facility, the old Stanton Hospital facility? That would be my question. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the old Stanton facility will be managed by Venture, I believe is the name of the company, as part of the P3 Project. They're the property manager. They are ultimately the ones who get to decide what they're going to put and what they're not going to put in that facility. We have sought permission from FMB and we're seeking permission from the Members today to re-profile some of the extended care dollars and pursue an opportunity to put the 18 extended beds that we were going to build in the old building. So we can to make a case to Venture that that would be a logical inclusion within the old facility. In the savings, we're hoping to utilize to negotiate with AVENS towards the construction of long-term care facility here in Yellowknife on the AVEN compound. So we're taking the old extended care project, trying to re-profile a little bit to move forward with extended care in the hospital and long-term care.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do recall during the election there was lot of discussion about what to do with that facility and whether it would be extended care, whether it would be a treatment centre, those kind of options. So can we expect any further expenditure on the old facility or will that now rest with the P3 partners? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Once again, ultimately all the decisions on the old hospital are decisions that would be made by the P3 proponent in the property manager which is Venture. From my perspective, from the perspective of Health and Social Services, we see a great opportunity to work with Venture to, you know, hopefully obtain more space for possibly more long-term care space. We will obviously be pursuing to see if there's a business case in that; we'll be working with committee if there is. We will certainly pursue more space in more space in Stanton recognizing that ultimately the decision is not ours, it is the property manager of that building. But we believe we can make a solid case. Looking forward to committee's support.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Has this information got out to the public that this is -- apart from today's proceedings, but has that announcement been made public so people have an awareness, a sense of what's happening at the old facility? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister.

We haven't done too much in the way of getting that information out there at this point because we haven't actually had any budget approved indicating that we can actually, you know, conclude or move forward, and we haven't got a fully formulated plan on putting in long-term care or any of those types of things in that facility, and we're working on a development of a plan to accommodate 258 bed in the Northwest Territories and we're pursuing lots of different options and research that'll allow us to support the 250 beds across the Northwest Territories. It's many pieces of the puzzle until we have a better sense of what the full picture is. We haven't done too much communication with the public at this point.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Nothing further.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Do I have anything further? I see nothing further, I will call the section. Health and Social Services, community health programs, infrastructure investments, $10,725,000. Does committee agree?

Will committee please return to page 30. Anything further? Last kick at the can. Seeing nothing, I will call the departmental total. Health and Social Services, total capital estimate, $95,471,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Thank you to the witnesses. Thank you, Minister. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses from the Chamber. Committee agrees that consideration of the Department of Health and Social Services is concluded. What is the wish of committee? Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move to report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. There is a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favours? All those opposed?

---Carried