Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the office plan document was signed by the Minister of Public Works and Services on July 31st. We are assuming that those documents were sent to the Ministers immediately after that. Exactly when each Minister received these documents would be some time after July 31st, or shortly thereafter. Thank you.
Debates of Feb. 16th, 1998
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you. Therefore, the Minister of Public Works was aware of the pending lease to be signed, that negotiations were on regarding the Lahm Ridge Tower, because this is July 31st and it was not done until August 1st.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Lovely.
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Lovely
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The options paper that was signed by the Minister of Public Works and Services did not speak about the lease renewal for the Lahm Ridge Tower. It talked about, in each of the three options, extending long-term leases where it made sense, where it made economic and operational sense to do so. It did not make specific reference to individual leases, so the Minister of the day was not aware at that time because it was not detailed in the actual plan. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Asset management. Mr. Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
What did this document contain if it did not contain the listing of the buildings and what they were going to do with them?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Lovely.
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Lovely
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The paper, as I mentioned earlier, presented three options. Those options included the combination of extending existing leases where it made sense to do so, selling some buildings, lease-back in some of the options. It did not get down to the level of detail that would allow you to say this lease is going be or is recommended for extension because the decision about the extension of leases, the awarding of contracts through a competitive process is an administrative one that is handled at the deputy ministerial level. What decision was being requested from Cabinet was a decision to allow us to proceed in a general direction with one of the three options that were outlined in the document. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Total operations and maintenance, $42.577 million. Mr. Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wonder if we could have access to what the three options were and what paper documents they submitted for consideration to Cabinet.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the documents are Cabinet documents and we do not normally make a practice of issuing them out. I will take that under advisement and see what could be provided. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Asset management. Are you through, Mr. Ootes?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Ootes. I have Mr. Krutko and Mr. Steen. I will recognize Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can the Minister tell me when the proposal that the Denendeh Development Corporation put forth with regard to the Laing and the Stuart Hodgson Buildings went to Cabinet?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you. The proposal that the honourable Member is making reference to did not go to Cabinet. In April, 1997, the DDC submitted an unsolicited proposal to the government. This is a proposal that is not called for, there was no request for it, but they, on their own, put a proposal together and gave it to the GNWT. That is when it was given to the government, from my information. Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is the Minister or the deputy minister aware of the submission put forth by the Gwich'in Development Corporation on the same properties?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you. I am not aware that the Gwich'in Development Corporation had put a proposal forward.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There was a letter sent to FMBS and Mr. Todd in relation to these buildings. Is the Minister aware of that?