Thank you, Madam Speaker. I know this is perhaps not a subject that the Minister could be expected to be on top of, but I did give some notice of this question to the Minister. It is about the project I referred to in my Member's statement to install windows that open in the married students' residence in Iqaluit. I'd like to ask the Minister of Public Works and Services why a Yellowknife project officer had to handle this $21,000 contract in the Baffin region. Thank you.
Question 119-12(6): Renovation Project At Nunatta Campus
In the Legislative Assembly on October 13th, 1994. See this topic in context.
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Morin.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to thank the Member for the couple of hours notice that he did give me on this question.
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I thank him for raising the issue. It is always good to hear about issues out in the regions. The married students' residence you are talking about was, I believe, built last year or the year before. The windows were not installed to the specifications the department asked for and we ended up in a dispute with the consultant. There was a pending court case that could have possibly gone ahead. We ended up looking after this project from Yellowknife with the original project officer who was on the job from day one.
This project occurred before the decentralization of minor projects happened. We felt it was important to keep the same project officer to deal with the consultant. We managed to come to agreement with the local consultant. He paid two-thirds of the cost and we ended up paying one-third, without going to court. So, it came to a satisfactory conclusion and I believe that residents who are living in this residence are quite happy with the windows that do now open. Thank you.
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Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Patterson.
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Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Minister may be sorry that he said the residents were happy with the windows that now open because I understand, Madam Speaker, the college, the client, asked for manual, not crank-operated windows, and windows high enough so that small children could not fall out.
I would like to ask the Minister, why did the project officer tell the client -- in response to the client's concern that the windows be designed so that children could not fall out -- that the answer was parents would have to closely watch their children, and not that the windows would be designed so they would not be a hazard to young children. Thank you.
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Morin.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I don't know the answer to that question so I will have to take it as notice. Thank you.
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. The question has been taken as notice. Mr. Patterson.
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Thank you, Madam Speaker. I understand the Minister's explanation about the project having to originate from Yellowknife...
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Sorry, Mr. Patterson. The honourable Minister took the question as notice.
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
Okay.
---Laughter
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Deh Cho, Mr. Gargan.