Thank you, Madam Chair. And just to perhaps expand on the work and our most recent conversations with Tlicho government officials, it was, I believe, on November 12th that we last met with them. It was admittedly our first meeting over the past couple of months due to recent pandemic outbreaks, but it was a really good meeting and an opportunity to catch up and to prepare for the next working group meeting. And during that discussion, we were able to learn that Tlicho government is working on a survey of Behchoko residents to ensure that they can take that information into account. And that's something that we'll need as a department so that we can use that information to have a better understanding about what components of a new facility are wanted by the Tlicho government and what may be needed over and above our school capital standards and criteria. So once we get that, we'll be able to do some cost estimates with the support of the Department of Infrastructure to be able to be a little bit clear on what that new facility may look like.
Perhaps one other thing I might add is that we did have a conversation about the fact that that new facility would be significantly more expensive than what we're currently budgeted for the original project. And there was a discussion about, you know, how and who and when could perhaps a question to the federal government be posed about whether they would be interested in contributing to that project. And our counterparts indicated that they would probably take the lead on that. So that is early stages at this point.
So that's pretty much where we stand on that project, but I think both parties are really invested in this, and I should say the Tlicho Community Services agency as well. So thank you, Madam Chair.