Michael Miltenberger

We place as a department and as a government a very high priority on staff training and educational opportunities for all of our staff. We are working very closely with the colleges. There are also a lot of other courses, both within the government and outside of government, that our staff can benefit from. The Member has made an assertion here that there is an unfair distribution. I will ask the department to provide me with training that was not accessed by the staff in the Inuvik region over the last year or so to see what, in fact, the information tells us and if there are any inequities...

Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 14, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, be read for the third time.

Mr. Chairman, the issue is of the letter of support for the negotiated contract being either agreed to or not by Cabinet. Once that decision is made, the issue of conflict, as far as I understand from what our system tells us, is no longer an issue. In this case Premier Roland — Minister Roland at the time — had written a letter of support. He declared conflict when the issue came before Cabinet and was not in the room when the decision was made that already was signed off, as we just discussed, by Premier Handley. After that, this goes into the capital process. The negotiated contract process...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What was received were some unsolicited proposals that were brought forward and examined, which is where we get the information indicated — a premium of about $38 million. There was no formal request.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Once again, given the program content of the question, I’ll refer that question to Minister Bob McLeod.

The Member is asking me to speculate on hypotheticals, but the Minister of Public Works and Services indicated that if it all goes well — and we hit every step and everything is done on time — there could be an opportunity to do things at an accelerated rate.

Mr. Chairman, those subcontractors would be working for the general contractor. They are not our subcontractors. I’d like to ask Minister McLeod if he’d like to add further.

The chairman of FMB at that time was Minister Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’ll refer that question to Mr. Aumond.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don’t see that item listed under the capital plan, so given the program content, I will refer the question to Minister Bob McLeod.