Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, I mean, there's -- yes, I mean, I'll perhaps try one more time to direct it to the assistant deputy minister, but just to start out, I mean, there are -- projects that are coming in under the small cap fund or small -- that are under the definition of being small capital projects, so things that under the threshold of $600,000, those items would tend to be within each department which holds their own individual small capital projects. And then beyond that, at some time they do make their way in to deferred maintenance which puts them under the rubric of being an infrastructure managed project. As there's not enough space to do everything in small cap, there's obviously not enough space to do everything in deferred maintenance. I mean, determining when it's a deferred maintenance and not, as it becomes more and more serious it certainly ratchets up the scale. If there's opportunities to find funding for standalone projects, then those tend to be the larger projects that we would go out and seek independent or third-party funding or, really, you know, quite frankly, federal government funding. But the federal government pools don't necessarily align to deferred maintenance and tend to align to new projects, so this is where we get into the challenge of trying to achieve all of the goals and all of the things, you know, with the different pools and pots that are available to us. So it's a risk management assessment. Maybe I'll stop there, Mr. Chair, and if there -- if that is helpful, I'll pause, and if not, we can perhaps direct it again to our assistant deputy minister.
Caroline Wawzonek on Committee Motion 44-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 44-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 24th, 2024
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