Question 83-16(2) Highway Maintenance Contracts  I’d like to ask the Minister why the bid bonds weren’t required on the second contract. They’re sometimes used to eliminate small companies from bidding on work — the companies in the community that sometimes can’t afford bid bonds. I’d like to ask him why the bid bond was remo

Question 83-16(2) Highway Maintenance Contracts  I’ve tried asking questions. I wasn’t getting answers that satisfied me, so I asked them in the Assembly. I was looking for some straight answers. I didn’t believe I was getting them, and I didn’t believe the reasons I was given were good enough. I’d like to ask the Minister my

Question 83-16(2) Highway Maintenance Contracts  I don’t believe I asked a hypothetical question. I’ll ask it again. Did the Minister have the authority to publicly commit an additional 20 per cent to the 50 per cent already guaranteed? That’s not hypothetical, Mr. Speaker.

Motion 2-16(2) Highways Maintenance Contract To Standing Committee On Economic Development And Infrastructure Motion Carried  Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to return to item 17 on the Order Paper.

Motion 2-16(2) Highways Maintenance Contract To Standing Committee On Economic Development And Infrastructure Motion Carried  We’re on item 17? I apologize for that. I thought we were in first reading of bills. I’m way ahead of the rest of you. I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Frame Lake, that Highway Maintenance Tender Packages CT100644 and CT100634 be produced and provided to the Stand

Motion 2-16(2) Highways Maintenance Contract To Standing Committee On Economic Development And Infrastructure Motion Carried  I want to thank my colleagues from the committee for allowing me to do this. It was short notice, and I appreciate the show of support. I asked to put this motion in because I have some concerns with how these tender packages rolled out. I had some questions that I posed to the

Concerns Regarding G.N.W.T. Contracting Procedures  Mr. Speaker, businesses across the Northwest Territories spend years building up their capacity to compete in an open market. G.N.W.T. has an obligation to ensure a fair and transparent process for awarding G.N.W.T. contracts. I don’t agree with the practice of calling for publ

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery  Mr. Speaker, I’d like to recognize a constituent of mine and chair of the WCB, Mr. Denny Rodgers.

Minister’s Statement 11-16(2) Tourism Product Diversification And Market Program  Mr. Speaker, the new Tourism Product Diversification and Marketing Program was officially launched by the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment on January 7, 2008. This program will provide N.W.T. operators with the knowledge and means to reinvent or expand their touri

Minister’s Statement 12-16(2) Human Resource Update  Mr. Speaker, in keeping with my commitment to provide regular updates to Members of the House on Human Resources matters, I’m pleased to speak today about a couple of areas where we have made progress in and about services in place as we move forward. Since the summer of 2006,

Mackenzie Valley Highway  Mr. Speaker, I listened to the Premier’s Sessional Statement with some interest. I’d like to propose today my partial solution as to how we can realize these five initiatives that the Premier mentioned with one project Andthat project, Mr. Speaker, is the construction of the Mack

Question 67-16(2) Economic Losses From Migrant Workers  As the Member knows, we have a socio-economic agreement that we negotiated with De Beers. As part of the agreement, there’s an implementation provision that allows, for a certain period of time, for De Beers to provide these employees. Over the longer term, it is our expectation

Question 67-16(2) Economic Losses From Migrant Workers  We are trying to work closely with those communities the Member referred to. As some of you may recall, in an effort to increase the attractiveness of communities like Yellowknife, Hay River, Fort Smith, in the past we have made the Down Payment Assistance Program available, wher

Question 67-16(2) Economic Losses From Migrant Workers  We certainly can commit to do that. Also, I’d like to point out that we’re working very closely with the diamond companies. We think this is a problem for all of us to work together on to try to resolve this situation. We met with diamond companies in early December. We will co

Question 67-16(2) Economic Losses From Migrant Workers  I understood that we had a registry at one time. I’d have to go back and check to see whether it’s still in existence. I’ll be working very closely with my colleague the Minister of Education on this.