Robert Hawkins

Would it not be in our interests to flex our muscles in that regard? Because if we’re paying the general contractor their money and they’re withholding payment to the subcontractors, who could be northern contractors, would it not be in our interest to suggest that we put that type of downward pressure by good policy to demonstrate our northern subcontractors are just as much of value as whoever the general contractor is?

What type of public reporting do you do when you monitor the compliance of the commitments that some of these contractors make? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I hearken back the House’s attention to Committee of the Whole on Tuesday, May 29, last year. I had asked the Minister clearly, on the record, about possibly delivering support to school districts so they can teach their students, grades 9, 10, 11, 12, First Aid, by giving them the resources and empowering them to do this. There is an interest at the school level.

The response from the Minister on the record is that that’s something that they need to explore. It’s getting close to a year. What has the Minister found out on this particular question? Of course, these are...

How do you validate those types of things when they create those formulas? Do you do a follow-up or an audit throughout the process to ensure that they’re complying with their BIP document? I mean, quite often we hear that someone lowballs a bid but then they turn around and, you know, right after they get the bid and they sign their contract for that particular project, they then submit a claim for an adjustment. How do we make sure that they’re delivering on what they promise?

The other question at the same time, I guess, is what does Public Works do specifically to try to foster an...

That was the missing component there. Can I be sent a copy of the report once it’s been done?

I think that’s enough of a cursory intro to know exactly what that is. Just one other last question. Under drug treatment funding program, Nats’ejee K’eh Centre Youth Treatment Program, are there any deliverables under this particular section? We have a section worth commitment, requiring $345,000. I’m just wondering if there’s any reporting or deliverables that we see sent to the Legislature.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m wondering if the Minister could provide some details on the NWT National Diabetes and Chronic Disease Surveillance System.

That’s okay for now. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that this committee strongly recommends that the government take immediate action to identify additional funding for health promotion and education initiatives in areas such as healthy eating, active living and early childhood development.

Thank you. In large public infrastructure projects, and I dare not attempt to define what that may or may not be, but has there ever been any consideration that instead of writing the general to sign off on the fact that they paid their contractors or subcontractors in good faith, has the government ever considered writing the subs to ensure that they’ve been up to speed or paid up to date? Now, I realize that every dispute can’t be a simple yes or no, saying yes, we’ve been paid up to date or no, we haven’t. So I suspect and I recognize the difficulty there, but there would be ways of...