Thank you, Mr. Chair. So I just -- I have some comments. I have heard from NWT-based businesses who looked at this RFP and strongly doubted that any NWT-based contractors would be able to bid on it given how it's designed. And so I understand that the goal of making websites more accessible is a good goal, but I believe that we could do this differently in a way that makes it more accessible to NWT-based contractors, that it could perhaps be done in stages, or designed differently to allow local businesses to work on -- especially a contract of this size. We're looking at probably over a million dollars here. I would also question the urgency of this initiative at this time when we're kind of scrimping and saving in all different departments, especially when we're looking at a project that, as far as I can tell, is unlikely to benefit our NWT economy in any meaningful way. I think I would also like to emphasize I would like to see us start by looking at the communications functional review that we're doing and finding ways to make sure that we're improving the content of our communications before we focus on sort of the how or the methods that, you know, we -- how our websites link to each other or not or, you know, how you access the information. I'd like to have us focus first on what information we're actually able to access or members of the public. I think those are all my comments now. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Shauna Morgan on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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