Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Allooloo is correct on some of the information. We did receive two bids on an electrical contract for the housing corporation in Pond Inlet. One bid was from Merkosak Construction in Pond Inlet for the amount of $24,000. Another bid came from Kheraj Enterprises Ltd. of Resolute Bay for the amount of $26,900. That was for the labour only, to install electrical systems and three access systems in houses in Pond Inlet.
The bids were evaluated. The business incentive policy was applied. In his bid, Merkosak was going to use an electrician who is qualified, but he was a resident of Quebec so he couldn't get the business incentive policy for that portion of the contract. In his bid, Kheraj's northern content and local content named an electrician from the Northwest Territories, so the business incentive policy was applied and Kheraj ended up with the low bid, because of the 15 per cent.
It was brought to the Housing Corporation's attention, by Mr. Allooloo, that Kheraj did not use the electrician from the Northwest Territories. He ended up using an electrician from Newfoundland.