Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Continuing on with questions on Health and Social Services, I have Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Again, welcome, Mr. Aumond and Mr. Kalgutkar, to the House.

Committee, we’ll open up with general comments. Mr. Blake.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today it’s really hard for me to know, and any other person listening, what exactly is a baseline of safety required by contractors working for the GNWT, especially if the GNWT is acting as a principal contractor. To be truthful, Mr. Speaker, I don’t think the GNWT knows that either. So we know by de facto, the WSCC is a program they use and we also heard from the Minister “we use several items” and we don’t know what that means.

Can the Minister indicate what the minimum baseline requirements are for safety that businesses must have in place in order to bid on RFPs...

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Minister Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Aumond. Mr. Bromley.

Thanks, Ms. Bisaro. We’ll go to Mr. Kalgutkar.

Is committee prepared to go into detail?

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Mr. Bouchard.

Question has been called. The motion is carried.

---Carried

Committee, we’ll continue on with what we agreed upon earlier, Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures) No. 1, 2015-2016. With that, we’ll turn it over to the Minister responsible for opening comments. Minister Miltenberger.

It has been brought to our attention that NWT businesses are to self-register with the GNWT in preparation for RFP application within our shared procurement services.

Can the Minister indicate how are NWT business safety programs or services evaluated for relevance, certification or standardization given the vast array of national safety standards and criteria out there? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.