Thank you, Madam Chair. Under the business policy, you have to register as a northern business and be listed in order to enjoy the benefits that the policy provides and, as Mr. Gamble indicated earlier, there were many, many instances where there are no southern companies bidding. We have effectively arrived at a situation which I think everybody, I would expect, would applaud, which is in many cases it is only Yellowknife businesses that are bidding on certain jobs. You know, Vancouver is not competing with them, or Edmonton or Calgary or Montreal and I would think that is a plus for the business community of Yellowknife, Hay River or Inuvik for that matter. In that case for instance, 10 Yellowknife companies bid on the same contract. It is a level playing field within the northern business community and there are no bid adjustments. So there is no cost. We enjoy the benefits of having only northern businesses bidding for the contract. Thank you.
Stephen Kakfwi on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 11th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 10th, 1997
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