Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is important to indicate, as I have on a number of occasions, that the responsibility for the development of the infrastructure of office space, housing, et cetera, lies with the federal Department of Public Works through DIAND and our partners in division, NTI. We have a limited involvement in that. It is almost marginalized. We do not have, at this time, any indication as to how they are going to go about the construction phase of it. We understand it and are sympathetic that the ultimate ownership of the assets on the ground will be owned and operated by NTI. On the actual construction and the rules of engagement, as to how that construction is going to go about, whether it will be public tendered, whether it will be negotiated, whether all northern businesses will have access to it, whether some of our northern preference policies are included, we are not aware to what degree and how the NTI and the federal government are going to go about building this infrastructure. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 454-13(4): Central Coordinator For Nunavut Infrastructure Committee
In the Legislative Assembly on March 5th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question 454-13(4): Central Coordinator For Nunavut Infrastructure Committee
Question 454-13(4): Central Coordinator For Nunavut Infrastructure Committee
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 4th, 1997
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John Todd Keewatin Central
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