Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No, this area here, the individuals in this area will not be dealing with contracts, contract administration and our procurement policies that we have as a government. That would be in the government accounting section.
Debates of Feb. 22nd, 2006
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Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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The Chair Calvin Pokiak
Thank you. Page 2-60, 2-61, information item, directorate, active positions.
Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 25-15(4): Recommendation To Record The Taltson Hydro Project In The Capital Plan And Present The Business Case For The Project, Carried
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The Chair Calvin Pokiak
Page 2-62, 2-63, activity summary, government accounting, operations expenditure summary, $12.058 million. Mr. Hawkins.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a committee motion. Mr. Chairman, I move that this committee recommends that the Financial Management Board Secretariat work with the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment to consider the option of moving the contract registry from ITI to FMBS and report back to the Accountability and Oversight committee on the pros and cons of this move during the next business planning cycle. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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The Chair Calvin Pokiak
The motion is on the floor. The motion is to be distributed first.
Can we have order? There is a motion on the floor being passed around.
Motion is on the floor. To the motion.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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An Hon. Member
Question.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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The Chair Calvin Pokiak
Question has been called. Mr. Yakeleya. Oh. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
---Carried
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Page 2-63, activity summary, government accounting, operation expenditures summary, $12.058 million. Mr. Yakeleya.
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you. On page 2-62 and 63, I wanted to ask the Minister in terms of an update on the governance progress on environmental accounting for the GNWT. Does he have an idea of the impact, what impact it will have ultimately on the government's credit rating?
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, ultimately it would be on what we would find out there in establishing a cost for those environmental liabilities. At this point, we don't feel that it would have a significant impact on our bottom line or our credit, as one would say. So it ultimately depends on the amount and how we quantify those liabilities that we do have out there. Thank you.
Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I make the presumption again the Minister will notify the Members of this side of the House in terms of the environmental liabilities of accounting, how it's going to be impacted on our credit rating in terms of future planning with us in the House here. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Voytilla
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Once we have this environmental accountant position on strength, we intend to develop a plan of action that will lead to us being able to quantify our environmental liabilities over time and reflect those in our financial statements. Certainly, once that work commences, we'll be starting to reflect those things in the public accounts, so they will be reported in the public accounts, they'll be reviewed with the Public Accounts Committee, and the overall plan of action will also be presented and discussed with the Public Accounts Committee.
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I want to ask the Minister what plans, if any, have been initiated for the potential expenditure and procurement management services centre. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I'll have Mr. Voytilla give that level detail. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Voytilla
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think the Member's questions fit into the work we're doing right now in looking at replacing our financial information system. With a new financial information system, there's some options that we have available to us as to whether or not we want to incorporate our procurement process into that new automated system. So what we're looking at is, if we choose to pursue that option, how would we best structure the procurement function in government so that the system could function effectively and help us streamline our procurement processes and our practices and bring greater consistency. So that's all rolled into that financial information system replacement project, and we are in the process now of looking at those organizational issues, and mapping out how we do procurement, and trying to figure out how we can use a new system to help us do it better.
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Committee Motion 26-15(4): Recommendation To Move The Contract Registry From Iti To Fmbs, Carried
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Norman Yakeleya Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, would the part of this whole process with the Financial Management Board through the leadership of the Minister in terms of dedicating someone in this area in terms of monitoring and observing and almost like an observer to the procurement contracts that are government-wide across the Northwest Territories; a one-stop shop sort of centre where people in the Northwest Territories can call this place for information about the whole procurement contracts within government. I'm hoping that I'm not confusing the Minister on this one here. I do apologize if I do. I'm trying to get to a point here. Thank you.