Robert Bouchard

We’re not being unreasonable here. We know there are several companies that supply trucks to the Northwest Territories. We have no problem with other companies bidding truck versus truck, but we need that work done in the Northwest Territories. Currently, some of the bids that are going forward are 51 percent over a $200,000 project; 51 percent is labour, construction, welding in the Northwest Territories, with the one contractor. With the other contractor, that work is being done in Ontario and in Quebec.

Is the Minister committed to making companies required to do the work in the North?

Thank you, Ms. DeLancey. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday I was speaking of business and some of the issues that I have had with the GNWT over the last four years. My questions today are for the Minister of ITI. I’m dealing with a client for the Business Incentive Policy and getting them BIP’d, and it’s specific to the plow trucks that Transportation continues to buy and we’ve tried to get King Manufacturing BIP’d for that project.

Can the Minister indicate to me why the application for King Manufacturing for plow trucks was denied this year?

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As we’ve come to the last couple days of this session, I thought I’d make a statement here. I’d like to speak on consensus government.

I support consensus government. As a new MLA here, I was able to get involved in the budget process, involved in committee, involved in everything in the government right from the get-go. I support consensus government. I know we need to improve it, but I’ve been part of the Transition Committee this summer on ways that we can improve consensus government, the way we can make it better for the public, for the Regular Members and for the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Committee has been considering Bill 55, Mental Health Act; and Committee Report 25-17(5), Report on the Review of Bill 55, Mental Health Act; and would like to report progress and that Committee Report 25-17(5) is concluded and that Bill 55, Mental Health Act, is ready for third reading. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Minister Abernethy, thank you, witnesses. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the witnesses out of the Chamber.

Next we have Committee Report 25-17(5). Does committee agree consideration of Committee Report 25-17(5) is also concluded?

Thank you, Madam Bisaro. I’ll call on the Minister for a brief response, then I think you said there was a statement, but I think the Minister wants to make a statement. Thank you. Mr. Abernethy.

Does committee agree that Bill 55, Mental Health Act, is now ready for third reading?