Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the honourable Member's constituency, I think there have been a lot of negotiated contracts and other honourable Members' ridings. This policy is to clarify the direction of this Legislative Assembly in 1997 that said "Clarify the government's position on government-wide non-competitive contracts by providing a draft policy on non-competitive contracts to the standing committee by this August.". We did that, we gave it to the standing committee in June, 1997. At this date, the standing committee has not responded to the draft policy. As a result, we did an intergovernmental review team by all the departments that deal with negotiated contracts, and we came out with some clear guidelines to do that. Cabinet needs to set out for ourselves what we would like to look for in making these decisions. It is not change to the policy at all. We are just looking at kind of clarifying what are the input that needs to be looked at in considering these negotiated contracts. We are continuing to looking at negotiated contracts in the honourable Member's riding as well as other ridings. It is important to consult with the different organizations that are out there, but at the same time, we are following the direction of this Legislative Assembly to get clear direction and inputs into how we look at these negotiated contracts. We are going to continue to negotiate these contracts. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Question 227-13(7): Consultation On Negotiated Contracts Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on July 26th, 1999. See this statement in context.
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Question 227-13(7): Consultation On Negotiated Contracts Policy
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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