Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In relation to the northern manufactured product, it is the feeling of this government that for a northern manufactured product, there are more benefits associated with using northern manufactured products. We have a preference of 25 percent landed costs on northern manufactured products. The products that you can purchase directly from the south could potentially be 25 percent less than a northern manufactured product. We do not think that it is, but there is the potential for that to be the case.

In recent tenders that have gone out, there was an actual northern manufactured product that had bid on an open tender, and they were the lowest price. Although that preference is there, it is possible that it is under that. Thank you.