Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Thank you. So the new building’s projected cost in 2004 was $19 million and would be considerably smaller and require less square footage for the proposed occupants than what is there right now. Have you talked to the fire marshal’s office to discuss this to find out if there is anything of a lesser extent that could, on a temporary basis, satisfy the safety requirements? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister this final question then. If his department has given any consideration to hosting some type of venue where businesses that are interested in starting up or expanding what they are already doing, finding out where they can get support services for their company, additional capital, things like that, has the Minister’s department considered hosting or facilitating any such a gathering here in the North, given the timing and the imminent development that lies ahead? Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Roland. General comments. Mr. Ramsay.

Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. I didn’t hear any questions there. Mr. Hawkins.

Clause 4.

Could I please then direct Members’ attention to page 5 of Bill 2? Legislative Assembly, operations expenditures, not previously authorized, office of the Clerk, $6,000; total department $6,000.

Asset management, $3.656 million.

Mr. Chairman, $3.5 million to extend the life of a 50-year-old building by two to four years? This makes the $320,000 in Inuvik to talk about design of office space pale in comparison. The folks that are in that building, we’ve visited that building, we’ve gone there for retreats and meetings, we have even had meetings in that building. Yes, certainly it’s an old building but it seems to be one that is held in some endearment in that community. I can understand the code. I can understand the reports of fire marshals and that kind of thing, but they have been kind of nursing that building...