Thank you, Mr. Morin. General comments. Member for Natilikmiot.
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John Ningark Natilikmiot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, listening to the Minister's remarks and looking at the copy of his presentation, I would like to commend the honourable Minister in his initiative and strategy to award contracts to locally-owned companies, to use capital projects to train more northern people in the building trades. The new strategy will be and is welcomed by the residents of the communities across the Northwest Territories. Especially in the area where the honourable Minister's department and Education cooperated to train local residents in the areas of construction, and buildings and works.
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Titus Allooloo Amittuq
General comment, Mr. Chairman. I recognize the work the Minister has done to improve local involvement with capital projects that he has stated in his opening remarks. I have a certain problem in my community that the Minister is aware of. I have a contractor who, even though he said in his bid he was going to use a northern person, when the actual work was being done, he used a person from outside the NWT. For those contractors who don't comply with what they said they would do in bidding on jobs, is there any penalty? What happens to those contractors who break their promises of what they will do?
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is a Housing Corporation tender that Mr. Allooloo is talking about. A contractor said in his tender that he was going to use a northern trades person and he hired a person out of the south. The contractor will be fined. He will be written a letter, warning him that the next time he does that, we will send the circumstances to the Senior Management Preference Committee and we will recommend that his northern preference be lifted.
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Titus Allooloo Amittuq
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think I know that the Housing Corporation is bound by the business incentive policy because they are part of government. I think
that's established. Does the government have a policy or are they going to create a policy that will clearly tell the government when to revoke northern preference from certain companies?
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Right now contractors fall under the business incentives policy, and they have northern preference, which is 15 per cent. Every case is dealt with on an individual basis. We removed northern preference from some companies. We've been taken to court over the issue. The judge has ruled that it is a policy issue and not an issue to be dealt with in the courts. It is up to the territorial government. We have a Senior Management Preference Committee that deal with every case, case by case. The committee looks at all the unique circumstances. Thank you.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Minister. General comments. Are we prepared to go line by line?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Line By Line
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Detail of capital, directorate. Buildings and works, headquarters, total region, $65,000.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Committee Motion 45-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Tony Whitford
Project management, buildings and works, headquarters, total region, $1 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Committee Motion 45-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Committee Motion 45-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 15, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Tony Whitford
Accommodation services, buildings and works, headquarters, total region, $277,000.