Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, there are perhaps two points I should bring out here. One is that the department's direction from FMBS and Cabinet is that we no longer consider privatization as an initiative. However this doesn't prevent private enterprise from coming into a community and establishing themselves and selling the products as they see fit. If that was to happen, for instance if a community was to set up itself and start selling products, then we would just simply get out of the business and eventually turn our inventory over to them including the tanks, the tank farms. We've done this in the past but we don't have direction anymore from Cabinet or FMBS to go forward with the initiative for privatization unless the initiative is taken by the private sector or the community to do it on their own and then we will just get out of the business. Thank you.
Vince Steen on Committee Motion 10-14(6) To Extend The Three-year Replacement Cycle For Desktop Computers, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on March 11th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 10-14(6) To Extend The Three-year Replacement Cycle For Desktop Computers, Carried
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