Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I guess the information I had was that it was actually in a deficit position of around $9 million. Perhaps, can Mr. Stewart confirm those figures? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Stewart.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Those barges, they are going to be moved out of the supplementary reserve pot of money. They will go into the revolving fund and over what period of time? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Stewart.

Thank you, Mr. Stewart. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'm not sure why it's going to be paid out over 10 years, but it seems like some of those carrying costs are going to be put on to the public purse rather than through the revolving fund itself, which doesn't sound quite right to me. What's the implication of having a deficit in the supplementary reserve and how does that affect our compliance with the Fiscal Responsibility Policy? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Stewart.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly, five seconds.

Thanks, Mr. Chair, you're very generous and I don't have any more questions.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Supplementary Estimates, (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3. Oh, I have Mr. Testart. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On this specific bridge project, I know that this is an area of interest for a number of businesses, northern-owned and operated businesses in my riding. I'm interested to know if this future project will have opportunities for local procurement of northern businesses before I place my confidence and my vote in this appropriation, that that is something that is possible for the future bridge project. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I would like to think that all of our projects have opportunities for northern procurement. I'm not sure what the exact procurement will be on this particular project, but I'm sure the Department of Infrastructure will keep Members updated as we move closer to the work on the bridge and what procurement, but we like to think that all of our projects have an opportunity for local and northern procurement. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Testart.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I appreciate that that's the Minister's aspiration, but all too often do we see these projects do not have an opportunity for involvement from northern owned and operated businesses, especially the small players. I've been through a few of these processes now and, again, I hear the same concerns from my constituents, no matter how much money we spend on infrastructure it doesn't seem to create local economic opportunities.

Can the Minister give me anything more than just kind of an aspirational statement that in the future everyone is going to benefit from this? Is there something concrete he can commit to? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Testart. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I said in the future there will be opportunities for procurement, but at the same time we need to make sure we get a quality product on the ground and if they can provide a quality product I'm sure there will be some opportunities there to take advantage of the work that's going to be going on with this. As for the actual procurement itself, I mean, that's a decision that would be made by the Department of Infrastructure and they will keep the Members updated. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Testart, I see nothing further. Next, I have Mr. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd just like to clarify. With these double hull barges they're sitting in this fund and they're supposed to be moved to a revolving fund over 10 years, is this correct? Thank you, Mr. Chair.