Just a question, not a statement, Mr. Speaker.
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I'm not going to take advantage of the situation. I'll just ask questions.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wasn't going to bring this topic up until next week. I ended the last sitting of this House with two statements and three sets of questions on A New Day, but I was pretty perturbed to hear the Minister today say he had no idea why no organization has bid on A New Day. Perhaps he should look at the May 10th letter that he was sent by the Coalition on Family Violence that explained why. It was signed by the NWT Disabilities Council, Status of Women Council, Tree of Peace, Yellowknife Women's Society, Alternatives North, Dene Wellness Warriors, and it goes on.
So my question is, and I only have the one question; I'll let other people speak: Why is it that the department believes that they can design a better program in their office tower than the people who are working in the front lines with the recipients of this program every day? Where does this notion come from? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.