Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I feel that if anything the groups that have put in a lot of effort and energy into looking at this from the community level should have had first opportunity to take on this venture versus a new company that has just shown up in the last month, as far as I know. I have never heard of the Northwest Territories Power Corporation looking at this until just recently. I have been working on this with the band in Fort McPherson for almost four years with no success whatsoever. We kept getting delayed. Now we are told that the contract does not run out for another year, you have to wait for the co-op to relinquish the contract before we consider it. So we have been waiting and now you put another road block in front of the community in being able to take it over. We cannot compete against the Northwest Territories Power Corporation because they have deep pockets and the band corporations in the communities do not. I think that the chance of success of the community being able to do this has been totally eliminated by this idea that you put forth to the Financial Management Board Secretariat. I would like to ask the Minister again, how much of a chance does a community have of seriously taking over the petroleum products services in their communities?
David Krutko on Committee Motion 25-14(3): Recommendation For A Revised Government-wide Record Management Plan For Incorporation By March 2001 (carried)
In the Legislative Assembly on July 6th, 2000. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 25-14(3): Recommendation For A Revised Government-wide Record Management Plan For Incorporation By March 2001 (carried)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
July 6th, 2000
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