Mr. Chairman, well most of the time the fax did not work. There were times when I called over there myself and the phones did not work. It was a bad situation for those people over there and one of the things I was trying to do was not get on their backs too much because at times I could spot that morale was fairly low. I guess in the heat and after having to argue with the Spanish authorities for two or three hours, after having to go through all of these procedures that the staff had to go through to get things done and then have to wait and wait, fighting with Canada about the length of the Imax film because we were not getting as many pulses as we had agreed to -- we were getting three pulses an hour as opposed to four -- there were all of these things that were going on. All those things lead to it being difficult to get the right person and the right time. I had also made it clear to the department that I did not want to see them dropping everything that was going on in the Northwest Territories, just to support Expo, because we had a job to do here as well. At times it was difficult to get a hold of people and difficult to fax information back and forth, or get them on the telephone. There was not a damn thing I could do about it, Mr. Chairman, because I got told many times by the staff that were over there, the Spanish authorities just looked and said "We will get on it as soon as we can." Fast service to them might be a day or a day and a half. There was a lack of communication, but it was not because people were refusing to talk to one another or did not want to send the information, it was just a matter of fact, Mr. Chairman.
John Pollard on Tabled Document 133-12(3): Evaluation Of The Financial Operations Of Expo '92 Revolving Fund And Tabled Document 134-12(3): Aurorales Expo '92 Revolving Fund Account Balance Sheet, March 19, 1993
In the Legislative Assembly on April 2nd, 1993. See this statement in context.
Tabled Document 133-12(3): Evaluation Of The Financial Operations Of Expo '92 Revolving Fund And Tabled Document 134-12(3): Aurorales Expo '92 Revolving Fund Account Balance Sheet, March 19, 1993
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 2nd, 1993
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