Thank you, Mr. Chair. There are two major projects we are talking about in this area of security. One is to install fencing in response to the incident, the escape that took place in August of 2016, and the other is to mark the property line of the facility.

With respect to the critical incident response, if I can use that term, that is to secure the yard used for inmate programs. Again, it was obvious that security had to be enhanced after the escape in 2016, and my understanding is that, since that time, this portion of the facility has not been used. A budget was approved for this work, and we tendered the project. However, the bids received were far in excess of the allocated budget. At that point, what was done was that a revised approach to securing the yard is now being undertaken.

The other project was the perimeter fence. As I mentioned earlier today, the project closed on August 29th. The work is being conducted even as we speak and is expected to be completed by mid-October. This was a fence demarcating the facility boundary from the Homes North housing development. It was a 6-foot-high fence, 220 metres along the west side of the property. As we mentioned, we did go out for tenders, tenders were received, and the work is proceeding. Thank you, Mr. Chair.