Masi, Madam Chair. I really enjoyed the Minister's statement on listening to the community and the people, basing their decision on their community's needs. That's a real, true statement and a very powerful statement, and as Ms. Martselos alerted to, thinking outside the box. Those are discussions that we need to have at this level. We're a government level. We need to be thinking outside the box. I would like to thank the Minister for that.

I do have a couple of questions, Madam Chair, more specifically to Chief Jimmy Bruneau School that's been highlighted here. As you know, there's been a major retrofit, 1995. It's been 25 years. That school is older than me, over 50 years old. Probably, one of the older schools in the Northwest Territories. It is deteriorating. We met, the Minister and I met with my leadership back in January, I believe, and there's a future request for the replacement of the school. Not a retrofit, replacement. That's why I highlighted the statement that he's made, and it is 50-plus years old, Madam Chair. Those are discussions that need to take place.

That's a long-term investment, but at the same time, this bus garage has been in the books for quite some time now, I believe. It's been a real issue with the bus garage. Since the 70's, we've been commuting students from Behchoko, Wha Ti to Edzo on a daily basis. The bus garage has been a real issue and challenges. My first question, Madam Chair, are we going to be waiting for a new school to be before we deal with this garage, or are we going ahead with our garage, retrofitting the garage? That's a separate building. I'm not sure if that work has been done.

Also, before I forget, Madam Chair, I believe O'Reilly may have touched on this, on the demolition. We talk about contracts. Obviously, the contracting issue is a major issue, now. We have been closely monitoring that. It must be northern and locally beneficial. I want to make that clear today, that, if my school is coming down, obviously, we don't want southern contractors to come out and build schools for us. We have the capability in the North, so I want to make that clear.

My first question is: the school, we're still working on it with the Minister, but the garage part, I'm just curious. Is it going to go ahead, or are we going to wait on a new school? Masi, Madam Chair.