David Krutko
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Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)
We were dealing with the Department of Justice. Mrs. Groenewegen.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)
Department of Justice, appropriation authority required: $23,371,000.
Justice, $23,371,000 approved.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)
I’d call the Committee of the Whole to order. We have Minister’s Statement 1-16(2), Minister’s Statement 9-16(2) and Bill 1, Interim Appropriation Act, 2008-2009. What is the wish of the committee? Mrs. Groenewegen.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)
Schedule 2, Capital Investment Expenditures, Department of Public Works and Services, appropriation authority required: $6,534,000. Agreed?
Public Works and Services, $6,534,000 approved.
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, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)
Thank you, Mr. Minister. We can go back to page 4, Public Works and Services, Department of Public Works and Services, appropriation authority required: $21,029,000.
Public Works and Services, $21,029,000 approved.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)
Mr. Speaker, the construction industry gets frustrated with government contracts when they put out tenders. They put them on the bind for one or two years where they have to hold these products, or they deliver the products a year or two in advance, yet they have to front the money.
I’d just like to ask the Premier if he can maybe look at how we’re putting out contracts and work with either the Construction Association or the private industry to see if there are ways that we can do this better by way of our tendering process.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)
Thank you. Ms. Bisaro.
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)
Excuse me. Mr. Ramsay, could you repeat the last part of your sentence? Your mic went off.
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, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)
Mr. Speaker, the information was provided to the Government House Leader this morning, when I had a discussion with him on this matter.
Again, as a government we are going through a deficit-cutting process here. Yet the departments are spending money for the following year, when we are telling people we have to cut our budget and we have to cut programs and services. But the departments continue to put out contracts for services they don’t need, almost, in some cases, two years down the road.
I’d like to ask the Premier: could he look into this situation? If this is a trend of the departments, I...
Debates of
, 16th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 8)
Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, appropriation authority required: $1,421,000.
Municipal and Community Affairs, $1,421,000 approved.