Thank you. I see that there's potential for ICIP funding, and I heard that we were making a decision there. Can I get a somewhat answer of how much ICIP funding we're expecting, and if we can't get a dollar amount, is it a 75 percent expectation of capital funding? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the issues are, as Mr. Heath said, that without knowing which location is the final choice then it's very difficult to estimate the project cost but this is a 75/25 project.

Mr. Johnson.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Always happy to hear 75/25, 75 cent federal infrastructure projects, especially for social infrastructure. That's a good job if we can accomplish that. I guess I see that there is $26 million for large capital projects. You know, can someone tell me how much money that the department is currently asking the Assembly for presently? I get we don't have a final cost but my understanding is by asking for this money, we're going to go borrow it for a project that has not secured federal funding, has not selected a location, and whose estimated completion date is inaccurate in the document in front of me. So how much money is the department currently asking us for? Thank you.

Minister.

Yes, thank you. This project was recent -- it was originally considered to cost in the range of $10 million. The new cost is unknown. I agree that that may not be an easy sell for the federal government but until the location is sorted out, we are not able to firm up the cost. Thank you.

Mr. Johnson.

Thank you. And my understanding is that we've actually awarded some contracts and some of this has already been tendered for the original location. Do we have a number of how much money we have already spent to date on this project?

Minister.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. It's true, there's a design contract that has been awarded for the 51st Street location. And for additional information on that, I'll ask Mr. Heath to provide.

Mr. Heath.

Mahsi. Mr. Johnson.

Yeah, thank you. You know, when you spent a couple hundred thousand dollars on design for a building in one location and then the whole other location goes up, you know, it risks hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money being spent on nothing. But I guess can we just get an update on when we expect a final decision to be made on location? Thank you.

Mahsi. Minister.

Yes, thank you. We own the land. We have a technical assessment and an environmental assessment of the 51st Street location. The design was initiated on that basis. The city has asked us to reconsider the location, which we've said we're going to do. But at this point there are quite a number of unknowns, such as whether we can access the land to do feasibility studies, geotechnical studies, what it would cost to purchase that land, what kind of redesign would be necessary as a result of that purchase, so there are some substantial unknowns at this point. And it's not entirely within our control. The land is for sale by a private individual and access to the land is up to him. Thank you.

Mahsi. I beg committee's indulgence; if I can just have a minute.

Mahsi for that. Ms. Nokleby.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. First, could I just get a clarification that the GNWT does not own the land that the current visitors centre is on -- or sorry, not the visitors centre but the current location of the -- and I'm going to call it the wrong shelter, which the temporary shelter that was on the site of the old visitors centre; we don't own that land? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Mahsi for that. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll ask Mr. Heath to answer that, thank you.

Mr. Heath.

Mahsi. Ms. Nokleby.