Thank you, Madam Speaker. No, they are not.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Allooloo.

Madam Speaker, I understand that when the documents are being opened, normally the contractors who are interested in the job are able to be at the site; at the regional centres where the tender documents are open. In my region of Baffin, the tender documents are opened in Iqaluit and if the job has to be done in Pond Inlet, some small companies cannot afford the airfare -- which is over $1,000 to go from Pond Inlet to Iqaluit and back -- but the other companies who are outside from the community who are bidding, are able to be in Iqaluit and ask questions during the opening.

Would the Minister's intention be to open documents at the job site in the future, to accommodate small businesses? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. It would not be practical to do that. DWP runs approximately 2,500 to 3,000 jobs a year and there would be no advantage to opening it at the local site. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Antoine.

Thank you. Madam Premier.

Madam Speaker, if the Members of the Legislative Assembly and the honourable Member in particular wants detailed information at his request, we can table more detailed information, so that you may look more closely at how these reorganizations are going. I did make a commitment to live up to the planning on the recommendation, I believe, number one on the Committee on Health and Social Services and I will be providing that information on the reorganization of MACA. We can provide more detailed information. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Frame Lake, Mr. Dent.

Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services, Ms. Cournoyea.

Madam Speaker, I am presently reviewing the nominees who have been sent in and asking for some background information, so we should be able to complete that. I had hoped that I would have been able to make that announcement today, but I just didn't have the necessary paperwork to properly evaluate the nominees. This is what I'm presently doing. I'll try to make the announcement on Monday, Madam Speaker.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

Thank you. Minister of Health and Social Services, Ms. Cournoyea.

Madam Speaker, I was talking about the chair. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Iqaluit, Mr. Patterson.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I'd like to ask the Minister of Public Services about the somewhat straightforward job of replacing carpet in the single students' residence at Nunatta Campus, which had already been delayed a year by this fiscal year. I'd like to ask the Minister why this project was not done this summer when the students were away, as the college requested. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. This is one of the projects we're looking after for Arctic College, part of the $95,000 that were allocated in this year's capital budget. This project, due to decentralization, reorganization, training and getting people on stream in the region, is part of a backlog of small minor projects and this was a minor project. The department tells me it received low priority. The priority was to

get out the major projects and that is the reason it is being tendered this late in the season. Also this is to be awarded tomorrow, but if there is a major concern with the client department or the campus students, this project can be put off to next summer and be done next summer. Thank you.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Patterson.

Well, I hope that's not a threat, Madam Speaker. You know what happens to Ministers who threaten ordinary Members in this House.

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Notwithstanding the threat, I will pursue my questions, Madam Speaker. I'd like to ask the Minister, even though students are a low priority and what he calls "minor maintenance" is a low priority, why consideration was not given to putting this project out to tender before the sealift ended, to ensure that bidders could provide prices based on the cheaper sealift cost. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of Public Works and Services, Mr. Morin.