Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, my colleagues. Mr. Speaker, if you would allow me, I would like to give very special thanks to Yellowknife Stanton Hospital and also to a very special doctor, Doctor Wheeler. Thank you very much and keep up the good work. (Translation) This morning, Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk about private businesses that try to get contracts. I would like to say in Pangnirtung there is a construction company in the private sector and this construction company has just Inuit employees. It is an Inuit-run business. There used to be eight of them but there are only seven at this time. I would just like to clarify for you, the people who want to get their own business have a hard time when they first start out and some of them are successful and some of them are not. Mr. Speaker, I would like to say the contracts that are provided by the NWT Housing Corporation to the private businesses should be tendered out and given to more private businesses and small businesses because contracts should be awarded to the local business people in the communities first. The Inuit businesses or small businesses that start out in the communities cannot purchase any locally manufactured or locally owned material from their community, so they should be assisted by the government. I feel the local business people should be given the opportunity to get contracts from the government. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (Translation ends)
Tommy Enuaraq on Awarding Government Contracts To Local Business
In the Legislative Assembly on February 28th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Awarding Government Contracts To Local Business
Item 3: Members' Statements
February 27th, 1997
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Tommy Enuaraq Baffin Central
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