Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as you heard in my Member’s statement, I have some questions for the Minister of Transportation regarding the construction resurfacing on Highway No. 7. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister please tell this House who the successful contractor was for this project? Thank you. Mr. Speaker.
Masi. Minister of Transportation.
Thank you. Mr. Speaker. I probably have to confirm to see if that’s public knowledge if I can mention that in the House today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, I’ve been told by contractors in my riding that it is a southern company, but can I get confirmation if this contract has a northern component to it?
From the information that I’ve received on this the contractor has a northern component of local hires and a local contractor that will be assisting on this contract.
I guess his information’s a little bit different than mine, and I’m trying to understand where this information come from because when I was in the community this past weekend on Friday, there was no confirmation that this is happening, so can the Minister please provide rationale or reasons how this information came available?
I will commit to the Member that I will go back to the department and get that exact information for him, who the northern local contact is, contractors that will be assisting on this contract. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Masi. Oral questions. Member for Nahendeh.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the Minister for that answer. Can he also explain to this House how they’re going to guarantee that this Northern contact is actually going to be implemented throughout this contract because in the past there’s some concerns that it wasn’t followed through. Could the Minister please provide how they’re going to be able to present that information in the House? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will have to go back to the department and find out exactly how we are going to track this stuff. I will share that information with the Member as soon as I can get that information to him. Thank you, Mr. Speaker
Masi. Oral questions. Member for Nunakput.
