Quality-based selection is very close to my heart. It is something that, as a consulting engineer, we discuss often in our association. I speak to engineering projects; we do not feel that engineering is done well when it's done cheaply. You get what you pay for. I do commit to bringing in more of a quality-based selection mindset to the procurement process. Obviously, we have a duty to protect the public purse. We need to make sure we are getting value for our dollars. However, that discussion around the indirect benefits of keeping money in the North, i.e. not having people go onto income assistance, is a conversation I have been having with the department since the day I took this seat and will continue to have. We will just keep pushing this forward and making those changes.
Katrina Nokleby on Question 280-19(2): Improving Government Procurement to Support Northern Businesses
In the Legislative Assembly on June 2nd, 2020. See this statement in context.
Question 280-19(2): Improving Government Procurement to Support Northern Businesses
Oral Questions
June 2nd, 2020
Page 969
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