Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my understanding is this is the last of the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services authorities. The Hay River Social Services Authority and Tlicho Community Services Agency are independent of this, so it does not include them. Thank you.

No concrete timeline right now, but it kind of depends on the federal pots. I will confirm with my colleagues to see if we have reached out to them yet to see if this particular project fits under one of those. There is no solid timeline right now. We have opportunities to meet with our federal colleagues and we will continue to raise the issue. Part of our problem is, the federal government rolls out all these particular pots of money. We have to follow up with them to see what the criteria is. I mean, they make these announcements without some of the criteria attached to them, so we have to...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Member is right, correct. We actually delayed it for a little while, and I think it is within one of the other department's O and M budget, but I will confirm that, and as we go through the business plan I will see if it is the plan of the department to bring it back through the business planning process and back into the O and M budget. The Member is correct. It was delayed for a while. The intention was, I think, to reinstate it. I will follow up, and then we will have an opportunity to go through the business plan, but if I can get some information before that, I...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we could probably provide that during the review of the capital plan. I'm not sure about putting in the actual document, but we will provide it to committee during the actual business plan and then make a decision as to whether we put it into the document.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, with me I have Mr. David Stewart, who is the deputy minister of the Department of Finance. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

The building has been completed for a couple of years now, and we are starting to see more and more researchers with the climate change making their way up to the Beau-Del. We would like to see this as a beginning of the University of the North, and we are better to have it than in an area where you have a lot of everything as far as scientific research and that goes. I think the term I heard was that Inuvik was geographically gifted for this type of work, and we hope we continue to build on that and see this program expand to where it may become a University of the North in the North. Thank...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, on the advice of the Member, we can commit to go back and have a look at it, and see what it might take to repair. We will have a look at it. Simple answer.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, our expectation is it will be done during this fiscal year. Thank you, completed.

Yes, I would, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Speaker, my understanding is the new officer for the community of Tsiigehtchic is going to be starting by the end of October.