Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Mr. Chairman, as I indicated in my opening remarks. I believe that those strategic planning initiatives are critical to us as a government and to use as a department as we move toward reforming some of our programs. We are doing a bunch of initiatives that, although we thought were going on the right track, we were not sure of that. Everybody can second guess whether or not you are going in the right direction. I think it is safe to say, as I indicated that the department itself has undergone, over the past five or six years, a strategic planning process that had never been concluded. I felt we had to get this done in a timely fashion because of division impending on us, because of the reforms that were undertaken and because of the great demands for replacement facilities, as I had indicated in Inuvik and Iqaluit that this necessitated knowing exactly what an integrated system would look like and how those facilities would fit into an integrated system both east and west, Mr. Chairman. Thank you
Kelvin Ng on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 22nd, 1997
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