Mr. Speaker, the National Quality Institute announced yesterday that the 1998 Canada Award of Excellence has been won by an Alberta Company, in fact a Calgary based company. Telus Mobility provides wireless communication services to Alberta. Yesterday in Toronto, Telus Mobility was called to the front to accept this most prestigious award.
This company learned and applied methodologies that made it number one. These included clearly defined and communicated objectives, independent assessment of progress toward its goals, and recognition and rewards at all levels for quality improvements. The government must learn how to gain efficiencies from Canadian business people like these who are achieving world class quality results.
Congratulations to Mr. Harry Truderung, President of Telus Mobility, for the consistent leadership he has shown and to all employees who made it happen.