Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question will be for the Minister responsible for the Northwest Territories Power Corporation.
Kind of in the line of my questioning with the procurement as the Minister of ITI under the review said, you know, they don't really have a say over what the Power Corp Crown corporations do. Would the Minister be with her board, which is a lot of our deputy ministers that are working in the procurement, would she consider looking at the way that their procurement review is done to ensure that northern businesses benefit from contracts as well? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Minister responsible for Northwest Territories Power Corporation.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we can definitely bring that up with the board. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That's great news. And I'd also like to ask the Minister if within the discussion that they bring up with the board, you know, making sure that when they do it that the same things are put in place, the review, the followup, is put in place so that way they can ensure that any contracts that are given to corporations that they're following through with the commitments that they make. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just want to say that NTPC has different needs, and that's why they went out to an invitational tender. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I fully understand that there's different needs. I've read the policies. I understand the community. I know that there's corporations companies that are in the region that probably could have got the job done months ago when it was first, but that is it why I'm asking for this review to be done because this are things in place within Power Corp within the Power Corp, within the Housing Corporation, that we have locals that can do these jobs and we need to ensure, as a government, that we are putting those things in place, whether they're Crown corporations. These are public dollars given to us. We approve them in our budgets. Will this Minister commit to making sure that there's mechanisms put in place so Northerners benefit? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we can look at the results of the procurement and perhaps review and adjust as necessary. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister. Final supplementary, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes.
Thank you. And one last request. I would ask that the same penalties be put in place if they don't follow obligations. Would the Minister be considering that as well or bring that to her board when they put it under consideration? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, we can bring that to the board. Thanks.
Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Kam Lake.
