Thank you, Mr. Picco. Mr. Kakfwi.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, I believe it will be done through either call for proposals or public tender. Thank you.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, can you confirm for me that, in actuality, the Explorers' Guide went to public tender?
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, I believe -- at least I am told -- that last year it was done by call for proposals. I can enquire as to what the process is this year. Since these are new groups that are being organized at this time, I believe both groups are entertaining putting them out through call for proposals at the end of this year.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I guess it wasn't a public, advertised tender; it was a call for proposals. Was that a selective call for proposals to certain individual companies?
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Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97
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Bill 11: Appropriation Act, 1996-97
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Mr. Chairman, would the Minister now be looking at in the next production of the Explorers' Guide, to actually put it out to a public tender so maybe we could get a better price or premium?
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, the two tourism groups that are being organized now, that is their prerogative to decide how to engage the services of a group to produce that item. So it's not really for the department itself to suggest. Because we provide the funding, I suppose we would have some say in how contracts are awarded. Thank you.
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If the Government of the Northwest Territories is providing the funds to each individual tourism group and it doesn't matter whether it's one, two or five, if it's public funds then I would expect that you would direct them that it would go to public tender
instead of it being sole-sourced, or, in this case, a call for selected proposals. Just a general comment, I suppose.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, I am not familiar with the full scope of this issue but, as a general rule, the process we use has to arrive at the same thing; which is, we give the highest priority to making sure that we contract northern-owned businesses, aboriginal-owned businesses and businesses that operate here in the Northwest Territories. Whether that is best done through public tender or a call for proposals, I am not familiar enough with the situation to say what it is, but that's the goal. The process we use would be evaluated based on if we get to the ends that we've set for ourselves. Thank you.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister alluded to a survey that was completed by Angus Reid. Who paid for that survey?
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Doan
Mr. Chairman, that survey was paid for by a large number of players in the tourism industry. The cost was shared on their market share of the industry, but the total cost was $200,000. The NWT portion was only $5,000.
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is a copy of that survey available?
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