I am here today to introduce Bill 35, Supply Chain Management Professional Designation Act.
In the Northwest Territories, Supply Chain Management Professionals are licensed by the Supply Chain Management Association Northern Territories. This association sets the standards for excellence and ethics and is the source of professional development and accreditation for supply chain management in the Northwest Territories.
Supply Chain Management Professionals ensure that goods, people, and information are transported as safely and efficiently as possible.
Prior to 2013, the Supply Chain Management Association Northern Territories was called the Northwest Territories Institute of the Purchasing Management Association of Canada. Likewise, in 2013 the Certified Professional Purchaser designation was replaced with Supply Chain Management Professional.
The new Supply Chain Management Professional Designation Act, which replaces the Purchasing Management Association Act, reflects these name changes.
In addition, it will continue to ensure that only Supply Chain Management Professionals licensed by the Supply Chain Management Association Northern Territories are entitled to hold themselves out as professionals in the field of supply chain management.
The Government of the Northwest Territories values the hard work of Supply Chain Management Professionals, who are imperative to the region's ongoing economic development, the provision of health services, and the transportation of food and supplies, among many other things. The proposed new Supply Chain Management Professional Designation Act recognizes this hard work and will modernize the outdated Purchasing Management Association Act. Thank you, Mr. Chair.