Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do wish the government and the Minister the best of luck in their deliberations with the Nunavut Government. We are all politicians here and we all understand who we represent and what our constituents expect of us. I would not be holding my breath too long, Mr. Speaker, hoping that the Nunavut government would be awarding contracts to western contractors or western manufacturers at a premium price over southern manufacturers. We are no longer part of the whole Northwest Territories that did exist prior to April 1, 1999. The Minister is quite correct when he says there are two separate governments now, the Nunavut government is separate.

We have to start looking, Mr. Speaker, at our own contractors, our own manufacturers, to enable them to compete in Nunavut or the Yukon Territory and southern Canada. Will the Minister commit to taking a serious look with the private sector at our Manufacturing Policy and our Business Incentive Policy to enhance it and make it work so that it has measurable, measurable benefits to the west, and also so that it ensures that our people compete on even footing with other contractors from southern Canada and Nunavut? Thank you.