Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair. On the website, there were three delivery dates. You know, the first one was August 12th, I believe. That would have been an acceptable time.
The Minister mentioned to me during committee meeting that the fuel failed inspection at Norman Wells. How could the fuel get all the way from Hay River terminal to Norman Wells and only getting inspected at that point? I think that's where you need to look. Obviously, like I said, somebody was asleep at the wheel somewhere. I think we need to look at this as a learning lesson for everybody. For myself, I believe in the Minister's work. It's the calls that I get from, you know, constituents, and, you know, even from out of the territory.
I think we need to take a hard look at this and ensure that the team is not asleep anywhere at any given point. It is a very important delivery, and it is a small window of operations. I think the department needs to realize that it is a small window of operations. Once that window is lost, this is what it comes down to at the end.
It is a very expensive mistake for the GNWT and MTS, and I think we need to look at how we can improve upon that in the next coming years. I am sure that they are looking at that now, so there are a lot of lessons learned, and like I said, the department needs to be accountable for it. We can't just let this fly by. The $5 million mistake is not a cheap one.
I am just wondering: what other programs are going to be cut because of this error? Thank you, Mr. Chair.