Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Before I answer the questions, I want to clarify that, although the GNWT is a co-component of the Giant Mine Remediation Project, the Government of Canada is ultimately the project authority when it comes to procurement. The percentage of contracts the Giant Mine Remediation Project in 2018-2019 awarded was 91 percent; 79 percent of that was northern Indigenous suppliers, and 12 percent went to northern non-Indigenous suppliers. This, the 2019-2020, saw 83 percent of this amount given out; 81 was to northern Indigenous suppliers, and 22 of that was to northern non-Indigenous. In regard to the dollar value, in 2018-2019, there was $26 million out of the $28.8 million that went to northern and non-Indigenous suppliers; 2019-2020 saw $45.85 million out of the total of $49 million.
Shane Thompson on Question 368-19(2): Contracts to Northwest Territories Businesses at the Giant Mine Remediation Project
In the Legislative Assembly on October 19th, 2020. See this statement in context.
Question 368-19(2): Contracts to Northwest Territories Businesses at the Giant Mine Remediation Project
Oral Questions
October 19th, 2020
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