Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe the reason for why we are going to be putting out a request for proposal is because there are a number of issues that have to be dealt with in the contract that include where the pipelines will be located, the environmental aspect of pipelines, the size of ships that would be able to go in because there are hydrographic issues to be dealt with. Those are the kinds of things that the government does not have answers to right now. So what we are going to be doing is asking companies to submit to us proposals on how they would deal with those problems and at what cost. That is the reason why we were going on the RFP route rather than the public tender route.
Goo Arlooktoo on Question 696-13(4): Rfp's For Keewatin Pipelines
In the Legislative Assembly on October 16th, 1997. See this statement in context.
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Question 696-13(4): Rfp's For Keewatin Pipelines
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 15th, 1997
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
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