Thank you, Member for Frame Lake. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would be more than happy to offer that explanation, but to be quite frank, I do not have that contract or those arrangements in front of me and was simply not anticipating to be defending the entire P3 arrangement around Stanton today. I will be more than happy to give that answer, but I think I can really just commit to getting that detail. I am not going to be in a position to answer that fulsomely today.

Thank you, Minister of Finance. Member for Frame Lake.

Sure. Thanks. I didn't anticipate getting into this level of detail in some of these things, as well. I take it, then, that the Minister is prepared to provide that information following this discussion. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister of Finance.

Sorry, Madam Chair. The answer is yes, but there is a fairly large question there around getting into the justification for a project that, again, began in the 18^th Assembly, and there is possibly a bigger conversation around why we would have a P3 project in general.

Yes, I will commit to getting some more detail about the nature of the project and the nature of the agreement, the pros and cons of the agreement, and the benefits thereof. If that is a satisfactory commitment to the Member, then that is where I am at. If I am missing something, I will be corrected, I'm sure.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I am happy to take that commitment from the Minister. I just want to correct one thing. This is actually something that was started in the 17^th Assembly, or just before the election, maybe. I just want to know why we are spending $72 million on renovations for a building that we are not going to own and then we have to lease back space out of it. It just doesn't sound right to me, but I'm happy to get the Minister's explanation following this meeting. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member for Frame Lake. Did you have any further questions? All right. I will go back to Member for Thebacha.

Madam Chair, I just want clarification also, now, with this P3 with the $72 million. We are not going to own it. Even with some of these modifications and renovations, and further on with the tenders, the government still puts the tenders out, or does the owner of the building have a say in who gets the tender? Could you give clarification on that, please? You are not very specific in your answers even to other Members today. I would like being specific. When you're putting a building up or doing a renovation, even with the planning, usually you're very specific, even if you're going to be doing it in a negotiated contract. You have not been very specific exactly with your answers, and I want to make sure that you answer me specifically with what you are going to be doing.

Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. There is an ongoing project to renovate the Stanton legacy building, and right now, there is a $9,782,000 carry-over that is being requested, because that is an amount that was cash flow last year that wasn't used up in that period. The Department of Health and Social Services is asking to carry it forward to continue the project that is under way. Right now, that is what I have in front of me. I don't have all of the project specifics in front of me, because that would be part of the capital planning project that would have been approved, as I have said, under the 18^th Assembly and planned, it sounds like, under the 17^th Assembly.

Our own capital planning process will be in draft form before the Members next month, at which point there would be, I imagine, a very detailed breakdown of exactly where the projects are at, and what stage they're at, and what the current cash flow projections are going to be for the next year going forward. I am happy to have that conversation again at that point, in terms of looking at where we are at in these projects and determining if, in fact, we want to continue to have these projects on our capital plans.

For the moment, all that is being requested is to be able to continue the work that is under way, and that was previously approved. I have already made a commitment to another Member as far as determining and providing information on the pros and cons of this overall project. Again, I will be happy to get that and make that commitment. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister of Finance. I just want to remind Members to keep their questions focused to the carry-overs and not the overall project of the P3. The Minister has already agreed to provide us information if we have more questions on the P3 process. We have that commitment already. Member for Thebacha.

We won't ask questions on the P3, but the results of this P3 are tremendous. We are in a COVID-19 pandemic, and many of our communities don't even have procedures that were actually offered in our health centres. Yet, we are putting $72 million in the end, probably negotiated contract and not tender, not own the building, and I can't even get bloodwork analyzed at the Fort Smith health centre. That is disgusting. You know? When you do these things and don't do it in a proper way of transparency and accountability, it's disturbing. I don't have any further comments, and I don't have any questions, but it's something to think about. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Mahsi. I'm just thinking, I have a quick question about the Stanton legacy building. They are split up into two different line items for just under $9.8 million and another one for just under $6.2 million. Why are they split up the way they are? It seems like they are both going towards the same building, but it's just south of $16 million. We are just going to sign off, and I would like to know a little bit more about it. Why were the numbers split up into the two items? Marsi cho.

Thank you, Member. Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am going to turn that one over to the assistant deputy Minister, Mr. Koe.

Mr. Koe.

Thank you, Mr. Koe. Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Thank you, Member. Mr. Koe.