Mr. Speaker, I am also aware that there is concern in the regions about whether we are, in fact, not amalgamating, as I had announced a couple of weeks ago. I would like to assure employees, and Members especially, that there is no other plan for amalgamation but we did say that we would look at other areas of duplication and overlap. Some of the areas that we are looking at, for example, are the three infrastructure departments which all have different maintenance systems, computer programs, et cetera, that help with maintenance schedules, inventory and whether getting one system for all three departments would save some money. We have annual consultations by departments to the communities which the departments do separately. I think there would be some cost savings in coordinating those. There are some other areas that we are looking at. The distribution of tender documents, for example, comes from three different sources. Those are the types of changes that we are looking at.
Goo Arlooktoo on Question 262-13(4): Reducing Duplication Of Infrastructure Services
In the Legislative Assembly on February 7th, 1997. See this statement in context.
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Question 262-13(4): Reducing Duplication Of Infrastructure Services
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 6th, 1997
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
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