Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in Yellowknife, here, the honourable Member is referring to the private company of Quick Mail Plus is the successful applicant for the request for proposals in this case. The driver examination is that the applicant applies to the Quick Mail Plus and pays the fee and sees the driver examiner who is still with the Department of Transportation. Therefore, there is a road test and a written test. In the case of the written test, we have introduced an automated computer testing system which is based on common sense questions the applicants are required to take with the automated system. If the honourable Member wants to know the specific details, we will get the specific details of before privatization and after. Generally there is a failure rate of about thirty five percent, compared to the rest of the country which is forty percent. We are doing a lot better than the rest of the country. What I have been told by the department is that the driving test is where the problem is, the road test and generally the applicants need more practice to succeed in the drivers examination. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 617-13(4): Motor Vehicles Statistical Information
In the Legislative Assembly on October 7th, 1997. See this statement in context.
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Question 617-13(4): Motor Vehicles Statistical Information
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 6th, 1997
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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