Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, if the Member sends me an email, we can provide him with a bit of an update, but all he needs to tell people is that the work was not completed, therefore the requirement for a carry-over. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the funding will support reforestation, as the Member said, as well as efforts intended to maximize forest growth over the five years of the funding. One hundred and twenty hectares will be selected for forest regeneration, and 60 hectares will be selected for thinning. The funding is going to be administered by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and will be set out in the profile below. The total program cost is about $1.333 million over the next four years. Thank you. Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, other than knowing that the contract has been awarded, I am not sure about the exact size of the building and that. For $217,000, it should be larger than a phone booth. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I take the Member's point. My understanding is that original dam was built in the sixties, when people used to come in in their shiny airplanes and tell us what was good for us, then went ahead and did it anyway, but things have changed since then, and I think our government has evolved since then. It is respectful to consult, and I would think that that is what we would do.

The $200,000 is to build a business case; $150,000 of that is coming from the federal government, I must add, so $50,000 of our money. That is to develop a business case, and if talking to...

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we do track why some of the projects are carried over, and there were a number of reasons that that could be. I think I shared some of those in our briefing with committee. However, I believe we shared all of the briefing information with committee as to why most of these projects were carried over. If not, I will go back and have a conversation with my department and we will share the proper information with committee, but I think we have shared a great deal of information as to why many of these contracts or why many of these projects were carried over...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we are trying to get as much detail into our answers as possible. They might seem a little long sometimes because we have committed to committee, in the spirit of consensus government, that we are going to try to get as much detail to them as possible as we deliberate the supplementary estimates that are before us.

I think the short answer to the Member's question, the indication that I got from the Minister of Health and Social Services, is yes, we will have that discussion.

That is correct, Mr. Chair. It is a $1.2 million carry over to do the work this year, from my understanding. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, yes, we will provide some information to committee. The $5 million my understanding is total investment because partially offset by revenues from the Government of Canada, so we can assume that they are giving us 75 per cent, and we are investing 25 per cent. We will reconcile all these numbers as to what is being used for works going, and we'll share that information with committee. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member is correct. We have had some issues with this, but I can share with this floor that the project is going through its final inspection and will be completed on May 31, 2018. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My understanding is that the road to the site has been started. Thank you, Mr. Chair.