Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the vehicle asset is already expected for delivery in if August of 2024 but is expected to be used for the transfer of female offenders, and that facility is still required. It is the only female unit we have in the Northwest Territories. And so there's really no avoiding of that.

With respect to the security upgrades broadly at the entire complex, again, that was largely already incurred, significant dollars already incurred in 2023-2024. This is just completing the last bits of that contract. So it's -- we can't -- there's no room to stop something that is already three-quarters or larger completed. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Is there any further questions? Seeing none, I'll continue on.

Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025; Department of Justice, capital investment expenditures, corrections, not previously authorized, $808,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you. Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025; Department of Justice, capital investment expenditures, court services, not previously authorized, $1,071,000. Is there any questions? I'm going to go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. How much money have we spent on tenant improvements at the courthouse facility since leasing it in the first place? Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don't have that detail in front of me. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go back to the Member from Range Lake.

Can the Minister commit to getting it to this -- to the House or this Member? Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

I can make an effort to do so. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you. So I would suggest that this -- it is a significant amount of money, and I know that the department has undertaken studies in the past on this lease and whether or not it is good value for money. And it is not, and yet we continue to operate -- or to -- we continue to hold on to this lease and to spend millions of dollars on improvements, on tenant improvements, when we could just be building a specialized facility that meets the requirements of a courthouse, which includes the secure environment for prisoner transports, for court security purposes. These are not new issues. I've spoken about these issues before in this House, and I know at one point, there was a commitment to do a feasibility study on building a courthouse. I know there have been ones in the past but a more current one. Is there a plan to actually invest in some infrastructure that gets us away from this money pit? Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this is the kind of an infrastructure investment that is unlikely to find a federal funding partner. As such, it would be entirely borne by the Government of the Northwest Territories, which would therefore take away from the funding that we put towards health care centres, long-term care, and education, which are also fully funded by the Government of the Northwest Territories. So at this point, no, there is not a current plan to investigate spending possibly upwards of a $100 million on a standalone facility in Yellowknife for this purpose. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So a hundred -- upwards of a hundred million, so we do have some sort of estimate of what is courthouse facility would cost, or is that the Minister kind speculating on a ceiling for a project of that size? Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is the witness table currently speculating on the ceiling for a project of that size. Thank you.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Range Lake.

Thank you. Is the Minister aware of how many other jurisdictions, provincial and territorial jurisdictions, rent their courthouses? Thank you.

Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not. I suspect the Member might be.

Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Range Lake.