Mr. Speaker, that responsibility was not removed from the Minister of Transportation. It never was assigned to him. I chose not to assign it to him because it is necessary to negotiate a concession agreement as well as the bridge design and the contract and so on with Fort Providence, the Minister's home community. In order to prevent him from being in what could be perceived as a conflict position, I chose to retain that myself so he would not have to deal with that issue and potentially be accused of conflict. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Joe Handley on Question 419-15(3): Responsibility For Deh Cho Bridge Project
In the Legislative Assembly on February 17th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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Question 419-15(3): Responsibility For Deh Cho Bridge Project
Item 7: Oral Questions
February 16th, 2005
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