(Translation) Mr. Speaker, we are looking into this right now. The staff houses that are empty are up for sale. There are 21 people who are interested in buying these homes and I feel they will be bought in the very near future. We don't want to give them to the local housing associations because these are going to be purchased personally. Thank you.
Debates of May 8th, 1996
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Further Return To Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff Housing
Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Further Return To Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff Housing
Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Supplementary, Mr. Evaloarjuk.
Supplementary To Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff Housing
Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff
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Mark Evaloarjuk Amittuq
(Translation) In Hall Beach there has been an agreement reached with the housing association there and the district NWT Housing Corporation office, whereby they will be given the authority to take over the responsibility of the GNWT staff housing units. Now they have been told that, because of the different funding, those units will not be available. Could the Minister explain why this has happened after the agreement was made?
Supplementary To Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff Housing
Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Minster of Housing, Mr. Arlooktoo.
Further Return To Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff Housing
Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
(Translation) I will have to come back with that answer.
Further Return To Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff Housing
Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
It hasn't been taken as notice. Mr. Arlooktoo.
Further Return To Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff Housing
Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Mr. Speaker, I would rather that I research the issue and pass the information on to the Member as soon as possible so he gets the information sooner.
Further Return To Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff Housing
Question 186-13(3): Purchase Of GNWT Staff
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Picco.
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity and thank the chairman of the FMBS for providing me the contract reports for the first, second and third quarters of 1995-96. Mr. Speaker, however, the listing provided does not tell me what were negotiated contracts and what were sole-source contracts. Will the Premier provide this information?
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Premier.
Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe I made a commitment in this House to table negotiated contracts. If the Member has any specific contract he would like or needs information on, I would be happy to share that with him. Thank you.
Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Picco.
Supplementary To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Mr. Speaker, I think the point I'm trying to make here through my line of questioning over the last couple of weeks is that public money has to be accountable to the public, and that includes all government contracts, wages, benefits, the whole nine yards. So there's not an individual contract. I would like to see the tabling which we see here, but it doesn't tell me what's negotiated and what's sole-source because, as you can see, it would take me six months to go through all that. So I would like to know what's negotiated and what's sole-source, and can the Premier provide that information. That is my question again.
Supplementary To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Mr. Morin.
Further Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. 1, for one, fully understand and fully appreciate that the public should know how the government spends its money. That is why you have a contract report that is available to the public for $9, the price of printing, so the public does know how we spend our money.
I would like to clarification from the Member, if he's talking about every local authority purchase order, whether it be for a box of pens or a sheet of paper or two, or what does he really want for information and to what degree of information does the Member want, Thank you.
Further Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Picco.
Further Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Mr. Speaker, I don't know how much clearer I can get. Sorry.
Further Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister is asking a question. I turned to the Member to respond, but it's still oral questions. Mr. Picco, clarification.
Further Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Mr. Speaker, I just want to ask you, does this mean I'm going to lose one of my supplementary questions?
Further Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Picco, I asked for clarification. That's not a supplementary.
Further Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
The answer to the Premier is no, that's not what I'm looking for.
Further Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Picco, supplementary.
Supplementary To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
Mr. Speaker, I'm not asking these questions for PR purposes or to pursue a vendetta. During my campaign I said that the government had to be accountable, thus this line of questioning. My supplementary question for the Premier is can he provide the list of contracts and tell me are they negotiated or sole-source over $5,000. 1 can't make it any clearer, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Morin.
Further Return To Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
Question 187-13(3): Information On Negotiated And Sole-source Contracts
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now it's clear. Yes.