Agreed.
Debates of March 27th, 2000
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Some Hon. Members
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The Chair David Krutko
Sergeant-At-Arms, could you escort the witnesses in please?
We are dealing with the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. I would like to ask the Minister if he could introduce his witnesses. Mr. Kakfwi.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Thank you. With me is the deputy minister, Mr. Bob McLeod, on the left, and on my right is Mr. Kennedy, the director for corporate services.
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The Chair David Krutko
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Are there any comments or questions for the Minister? Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as we left off on Friday, we requested some information. We received in our mail today the five-year capital plan that Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development had put forward, and some of the changes that were brought forward during the interim.
One of the areas we do not have information on is the area of sole sourced contracts. I would like to receive information from the Minister regarding the amount of dollars that are spent in the area of sole sourced contracts?
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe we have submitted a letter to Mr. Roland, as he is the chairman of the Standing Committee on Governance and Economic Development, explaining that we had looked at the December capital allocations and subsequently done a reallocation. We have submitted a page showing the reallocation to the committee. The chairman, I believe, now has the reallocations by number.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do have, as I said in my opening comments, the package that was in my mail box. I have been able to quickly go through them. I thank the Minister for providing that overview on the capital side. But we requested some numbers in the area of sole sourced contracts as well. That is not included in the five-year capital plan that I was able to go through. Can we get some further information on that? Thank you.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the department was not clear as to what contracts were being focused on here. I am advised that all contracts are listed and reported on quarterly. I do not know if that is sufficient to address the question by the Member and the committee.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have been told through many of the departments that, within the interim appropriation, there are a number of contracts that have to be for the full year. Looking for information on those that we are approving now within this interim, how many of those would be sole sourced? Thank you.
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The Chair David Krutko
Thank you, Mr. Roland. The Minister responsible for the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Mr. Kakfwi.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will ask the deputy minister to answer the question.
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Bob McLeod
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Going through the different divisions, in the forest management division, we have a number of sole sourced contracts. Most of those are with aboriginal organizations for the provision of fire crew and fire suppression services. We have some aircraft contracts that are provided on a sole sourced basis, but the majority of them are done through request for proposals. The largest portion of our contracts are in the forest management program. Thank you.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Out of the operations and maintenance we are approving here, how much would be for contracts? Thank you.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We had provided a summary of contracts to the committee, and that has shown a total listing of $9.7 million.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So the Minister is indicating that out of the $41,134,000 in operations and maintenance, that $9.7 million of that is on all of the contracts within the department?
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The amount of $9.7 million is the total dollar value of the contracts that are included in the interim appropriation that is requested.