Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that from the Minister. Do we know when the study is going to be finished, and is it something that can be shared with Regular MLAs? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The anticipation is that we will attempt to have the study done during this fiscal year, and we would be pleased to give committee regular updates as we move along in this process. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that. I look forward to getting a copy of the final study.

Can the Minister tell us: is there anything for the museum mid-life update or upgrade in renovations in the 20-year capital plan? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe there's a small that's allocated in the capital estimates. I'm not exactly quite sure what the number is, but, as we get into the debate on the capital estimates, I'm sure we will have a better idea of the money that may have been allocated to any work that needs to be done. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Yes, this is a comment more than anything else. Look, I support this work. I want it done, and I want it done quickly. We want to avoid at all costs what happened to the National Museum in Brazil, and I'm not saying we are going there, but there's a lot of heritage value and culture tied up in the facility here, in Yellowknife. It does support regional facilities, as well. We want to make sure that our museum is up to code and fully protected and provides the kinds of services and programs that our citizens deserve. I support this, and I urge the Minister, along with his colleague, the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, to get on and get this work done. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. I will take it as a comment. Next, I have Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to my colleague from Frame Lake for his line of questioning.

Mine is along the lines of that project, as well, the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, the Prince of Wales Heritage Centre, itself. I just want to dig deeper a little bit into the -- I'm going to assume that while we are calling it a planning study, it seems to me like this is a little bit more of what the government typically undertakes as being a technical evaluation of an asset. Although we are appropriating $400,000 additional, the total appropriation is for just over a million dollars. It seems concerning to me that class C for a million dollars on a mid-life technical evaluation is a considerable amount of money. Even $400,000, quite frankly, is a considerable amount of money.

What are we missing that we are not going to get in this evaluation? How can we not, with this kind of money, bring the evaluation to a tighter, I'll call it, "estimate," maybe hopefully get like a Class B level estimate that we can consider? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, that may well be. I mean, we do a class C estimate, and if there are opportunities there to upgrade that estimate to get a more accurate indication of the type of funds we need, if it falls within the money that we have appropriated, I think we should go in that direction. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the Minister for the reply.

One of the things that I would advocate for strongly, and we are going to see potentially some discussion about this in future budget deliberations, I would like to see the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre be considered as a building that we might connect with others, including the Legislative Assembly, say, City Hall, DND, and the RCMP, with regard to developing a district energy system.

Could that be something that this technical evaluation on planning study undertakes, or in fact, would we be expecting to undertake that kind of a review when we are talking about the mechanical and heating system? Can we consider that connection with a potential district heating system? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not sure of the exact detail. I would have to have a conversation, or we would have to have a conversation with Infrastructure to see what their scope might include. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. What I would encourage, maybe, then, is to have the Minister reach out to the appropriate Cabinet colleagues and maybe also the Capital Site Area Planning Committee, because I believe that this is an undertaking that they are giving consideration to, taking a number of these buildings in the area and try to connect them under a district energy system.

As it relates to our Energy Strategy and our Climate Change Strategic Framework, I think this would check off a lot of boxes for us. While we are using these kinds of resources to do this kind of a technical evaluation, it would only seem that, through an economy of scale and for other reasons, it would be the right time to see if we could connect the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre to a district energy system, one in which the Capital Site Area Plan is already kind of working toward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Vanthuyne. Minister.

I am not sure that there was a question there; it was more of a comment. As I said before, we will have a conversation with the appropriate parties to see what their exact scope of work is, and if there are opportunities to expand on that, we will have those conversations. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Seeing no further comments, I will call this item. Education, Culture and Employment, capital investment expenditures, culture, heritage and languages, not previously authorized, $400,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Education, Culture and Employment, capital investment expenditures, total department, not previously authorized, $400,000. Does committee agree?