Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as we reviewed this in committee and the public hearings regarding this area, there were a number of areas of concern raised by Members. The area of accountability was a significant area. You heard Mr. Bell. There have been some concerns in the past of how things were allowed to proceed.
In this area, Mr. Chairman, I question specifically the party at the table, the assistant deputy minister regarding accounting and reporting procedures. I ask the question, how is this reporting done and what is the actual structure that is in place for reporting and if there are any inconsistencies? The assistant deputy minister told me that there is a reporting structure and a monitoring protocol. This draws concern because that questioning takes part in our report on page 12. I start questioning on page 11 and go over to page 12, and Mr. Doan's response is on page 12. The beginning of his response talks about there being a structure in place and protocol.
In light of the lack of information, because it was conflicting between the president of the Northwest Territories Development Corporation and the comptroller, Mr. Voytilla, there was a discussion about the lack of information. Mr. Koe responded that in fact he had reams of information on the subsidiaries and how they operated. It was a matter of pulling it together and that was what they were in the process of doing.
However, in a later response when Mr. Voytilla was before us, I questioned Mr. Voytilla as to the fact that there was reams of information and that goes again on Thursday, September 28th, in that portion of the document, page 12. Once again, I questioned Mr. Voytilla and responded to how Mr. Koe referred that in fact there were reams of information.
So I am very concerned that there would be a lot of information. We have heard about concerns in committee, the fact that there was no monitoring of the actual subsidy that was given out and the jobs it did create or did not create, how successful or unsuccessful, and the fact that Mr. Koe pointed out quite clearly that he reports directly to the Minister as well as the chairperson of the Northwest Territories Development Corporation. If that is the case, it shows me that there is that direct reporting structure from the Development Corporation right to the Minister. For as long as there were concerns regarding the Development Corporation and how it functions, somebody was asleep at the wheel.
To me, it is very clear that in fact the Development Corporation reported directly to the Minister, as was stated quite clearly, and there would have been direct contact. However, for a number of years, this Development Corporation was allowed to proceed without accountability and that draws serious concern to the management of it.
We know there has been a fair bit of work done this last year to try to correct that and hopefully, as we go about this and doing this report and reporting back to the House, that in fact this department and a new Minister will take this seriously and respond to what the committee is suggesting and motions that come out of this, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.