Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In follow-up from my Member’s statement I have two questions for the Minister that I’ll just refer to the Premier. As the Premier might recall, there were on-the-land programs through Justice.
Did the department select a person or group to operate the on-the-land program in the Beaufort-Delta region? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Blake. The honourable Premier, Mr. McLeod.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m not aware of anybody being selected as of yet. I do know that they’ve gone out for expressions of interest, and I understand there are seven proposals that have been received, and I expect that very soon they’ll go to requests for proposal. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
The requests for proposal ended in January. I’d just like to ask, is the department waiting until April 1st to begin this program? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
My understanding is that there were two rounds of requests for proposal. The first round there were none that passed muster. With the second round, my understanding is that as soon as they review them and, if they qualify, they will start, I believe, very soon after April. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Member for Hay River North, Mr. Bouchard.
