Madam Speaker, the simple answer to that is no. At one time there was some delegation of contracts in various regions and I believe that the consolidated approach was in response to a lot of suggestions by businessmen saying that if it would be given the proper lead time, the fact that everyone has faxes and does a lot of work on telephones, it would be more appropriate and easier to know there is one location for contracts to be awarded from and tendered from. That was done with the inclusion of some of the comments by businesses. The Power Corporation wanted to streamline how they did business and advertised, and I think the way they have it now has not been the reason this item fell through the cracks. I'm really hard pressed to tell our business operation -- that doesn't have the same volume or flexibility as government -- how to run their business. Thank you.
Nellie Cournoyea on Question 445-12(5): Nwtpc Tendering Process
In the Legislative Assembly on March 31st, 1994. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 445-12(5): Nwtpc Tendering Process
Question 445-12(5): Nwtpc Tendering Process
Item 5: Oral Questions
March 30th, 1994
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
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