Daryl Dolynny
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Mr. Moses.
Thank you, Mr. Nadli. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Mr. Speaker, believe me, the project is under budget and on time. We hear this time and time again and somehow we are supposed to believe all the information that we have here when we are disclosing witnesses. How can we, when we can’t look at the information? That is basically the real problem. We have to believe that it is okay. I have the right to look at that information. I was elected to do so. I have the accountability of the people of Range Lake to do that business.
Will the Minister commit to a review of the policies and procedures around MLAs obtaining government information under the...
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Ms. Bisaro.
Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. To the motion. Ms. Bisaro.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday I gave a Member’s statement about the challenges which I had in accessing information from this government. More specifically, it was for a public government office building that’s being built here in Yellowknife. I subsequently tabled, with this House, copies of my attempts to obtain a copy of this contract with the Department of Public Works. I also tabled an abstract from the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, Section 3(2), which states that the act is in addition to and does not replace existing procedures for access to government...
Mr. Moses.
To the motion.