The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Dent.

Charles Dent Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In our opinion, the contract is not terminated until the product has been delivered. So I'm not sure where the Member is getting his information that the contract was terminated, because we have a contract for a product to be delivered. Until it's delivered in a working fashion, the contract is not complete. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

David Ramsay Kam Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to ask the Minister which invoices, if the contract hasn't been completed, which invoices specifically is the government sending to Answerthink or Answerthink has sent to the government that they're not going to pay? Which ones of those invoices is the government not going to pay and for what work that wasn't supplied? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Dent.

Charles Dent Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I had said in a response earlier in this House to Mrs. Groenewegen, that there are some outstanding invoices with Answerthink and I have provided direction to the

department that they not be paid until we are satisfied that we have a working system. So I can't tell you what specific invoices they are, but I do know that there is a substantial amount and we will wait and see what happens over the next few weeks in terms of getting the system up and running. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Final supplementary, Mr. Ramsay.

David Ramsay Kam Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask the Minister, who specifically went against the advice of staff in that department to send Answerthink home on July 2nd before the system went live on July 3rd? Who was responsible for sending the contractor home and not having the ability to deal with the problems that resulted after the rollout on July 3rd when the system went live, Mr. Speaker? Thank you.

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Dent.

Charles Dent Frame Lake

Again, Mr. Speaker, I'm not sure where the Member is getting his misinformation, but Answerthink was asked on two specific occasions just before the go live date, "Are you confident that this system will run? Has it run in tests? Will it actually perform as it's expected to run or should we wait until September?" On two separate occasions the Answerthink officials said, "No problem, this is going to work, we've run it in tests, we know that it works perfectly, we will see that it will run without any problems." So, Mr. Speaker, the question was put to the company. The contractor said that they had a product that was going to work without any problems, that they had seen it work in tests and that it would work; but when it went live, clearly, it didn't. So, Mr. Speaker, again, it comes back to Answerthink as having given the department the wrong information. Thank you.

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Oral questions. The honourable Member from Range Lake, Ms. Lee.

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Ms. Lee. The honourable Minister responsible for the Workers' Compensation Board, Mr. Krutko.

David Krutko Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I did make that commitment in this House and I did state to the Member that I would get that information to her before the adjournment of this House. Thank you.