Thank you, Mr. Speaker. About 20 to 25 percent of the government contracts are through sole-sourced, negotiated, construction management proposals, and site superintendent services. Those are not publicly tendered, in other words open, in the public, everybody knows who got the contract for how much. That means about $30,000,000 out of our budget. There are things that appear to be wrong here. How do I know that the government is getting value for its money? These are very tight economic times. If the government is issuing these contracts if they are 10 percent over what they normally would be, then we are losing 3 to 4 million dollars a year. The philosophy of private enterprise and tendering is being challenged here. This is public money, paid for by the tax payers of Canada. Let us not forget that 80 percent of our money comes from the federal government. the tax payers of Canada. We have a responsibility to be open on how we spend that money. When we review the budget of the Department of Public Works, Mr. Speaker, I hope to be asking the Minister a number of questions in this whole area. Thank you.
Jake Ootes on Public Works Contracting System
In the Legislative Assembly on February 4th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Public Works Contracting System
Item 3: Members' Statements
February 3rd, 1997
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