Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as the deputy indicated earlier, it is not the department's responsibility, in particular, to process these applications or even to register these people as manufacturers. It is the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. All I can respond to the Member is that we will pass the Member's concerns and comments on to the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development for their consideration because it does interfere with the process as to how fast the project would proceed if, in fact, there was nobody qualified to respond to this particular tender. Thank you.
Debates of July 6th, 2000
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the Minister, what role do the MLAs play in regards to contracts that are going on in their riding that will impact their communities? Especially in this case, this situation, where I got a phone call from NTCL telling me that this happened and it was too late to do anything about it.
So I would like to ask the department, is there a process in place that we, as MLAs, will be consulted in regard to what contracts are going on in our areas and which contracts have been cancelled or delayed because of tendering processes?
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, I am not aware of any requirement for the department to contact the MLAs on whether or not we issue contracts, or how we respond to a tender or a bid.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Maybe the Minister could check, but I believe under the Financial Administration Act, it says anything over $250,000 has to be referred to an MLA, especially if there is a change in the scope of the project, or what not. So I think that there is a notification process that is there and has to take place.
Maybe the Minister could check on it, because I know for a fact that there is a consultation process. That is there, that is why I asked the question.
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The Chair Paul Delorey
Mr. Krutko, your microphone was not on. Did you want to add anything further?
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the department is aware that the Financial Administration Act, in regard to the $250,000 change in project and whether or not that money is moved somewhere else, but at this point of the discussion, I do not think we are talking about whether the project gets changed. We are just talking about whether or not, my understanding anyway, MLAs are involved when bids are accepted or not. That is what I thought the subject was. Thank you.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regard to the Business Incentive Policy and also the directive, it references MLAs in there, in which we, as MLAs, either will be consulted or be there to support or reject a specific project if we do not feel that it really benefits our constituents.
So there again there are processes that allow for MLAs to be involved and consulted and also have input in regard to how these projects are going to go. If they are going to go sole-source or negotiated contracts, if there is a need for Manufacturers' Directive, that we, as MLAs, should be able to say we do support a specific contractor based on the fact that they will leave economic or social benefits in our riding through training or employment.
There is that opportunity for us to follow through the Manufacturers' Directive. So these policies are there, in which it clearly states the MLAs will be involved and also they will have opportunity to write to the specific departments stating their preference in regard to a specific project.
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The Chair Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Krutko. I did not hear a question in there. Did you want to make any comments on that, Mr. Steen?
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Mr. Chairman, we certainly will take into consideration the comments of the Member and review the policies to see how they affect us. Thank you.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
In regard to this specific project, myself, as an MLA, if I wrote a letter to the Minister saying that I support NTCL getting this contract, will that be taken into consideration?
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the area of contracts and cost overruns, there was quite an explanation earlier, but just on one question, and I will try to be brief with this one.
The areas that seem to drive the cost was the activity, the boom, in Alberta, and so on. That has been said to be going for some time now. How long does it usually take the department to adjust their prices and estimates to be able to adjust to the increase and the higher cost? Thank you.
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I think the question would be better responded to by the deputy. It is more in his field. Thank you.
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Rattray
Mr. Chairman, the department became aware of this essentially two years ago, that this had started and that is when it first became noticeable. The impacts of it, we are really, at this stage, only beginning to be able to deal with that in our planning processes.
For example, last year, many of the projects that we had difficulty with were ones that were actually tendered the previous year and construction had started the previous year and that was when we first began to notice it. We seem to be into another construction cycle now where we have a number of new projects coming on line.
The information that we gathered two years ago is now being used in the development of designs for the program work that is currently in design and out to tender. Some of those projects are now able to take advantage of the information that we were able to obtain about the change in the construction trends in the south, but there is a time lag there.