Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I did speak to this issue just the other day when it came up, as Mr. Steen did. But there are a couple of points I think should be clarified. One of the points that keeps coming back to me, now, from my constituency, is with the lay-offs that have occurred and the cuts in different items and we could come up with the $16 million. I wonder if the Minister of Finance could clarify where the money came from because he did say there was no new money. Maybe just for the people out there so they would know that indeed there was no new money, it was rebasing. Just an observation on Mr. Morin's point earlier. I think Mr. Steen has made some excellent points and Mr. Morin talked about the hammer. I think our hammer here in this government has become a feather and we need more than rhetoric. I think we should be embracing what Mr. Steen has said and that someone should be held accountable to the task for that type of contract. It does not matter if it was negotiated, sole sourced, or tendered, it should not have occurred. It has occurred, it might be still occurring. Mr. Steen would not have found out this information unless he asked some questions in this House. We need more than just rhetoric. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Edward Picco on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 3rd, 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
June 3rd, 1997
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
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