Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My fourth area deals with general contracts of building and erecting houses, and again this is an area where there have been a lot of comments and discussion over the years. My concern in a lot of the contracts that come out, is that they generally are fairly large contracts dealing with a number of units for a certain area, and my suggestion is that rather than have large contracts, you get them down into bite-size chunks so that local contractors or small contractors can have a chance at getting the contracts.
Another area, and I know it is one of the goals of the corporation -- or I think it is a goal -- is to have design, supply and erect locally where possible rather than supplying them somewhere else, shipping them however, and then having only erection contracts in the community.
Another area of major concern is the supports or the pilings for houses. There are a lot of tenders for piling, and there has been a tendency, I think, in some places, to use metal pilings or else getting logs shipped in or barged in from somewhere else. The Member beside me here talked about the numerous number of logs in his area, and I know in certain areas in the Western Arctic and in the Delta there is a lot of piling available. People have been supplying this piling since Inuvik started away back in 1955, and it provides a means for jobs for people and they can take the small contracts.
So generally, I like the corporation to incorporate the design, supply and erect locally by logs, instead of shipping them in and trying to package the contracts into bite-sized portions.