Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a written question to the Minister responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation. Northwest Territories Business Incentive Policy in support for northern manufacturers acknowledges the government's initiatives in other jurisdictions, such as Alaska, to increase trade investment. We need to ensure northern businesses are accessing and encouraged to participate in those inter-jurisdictional ventures. Can the Minister:
- Provide a list of northern suppliers and manufacturers, including sub-contractors, that were used in the recent sale of a seniors' complex in Alaska.
- Discuss the need for enforcement and accountability programs that are in place to ensure northern manufacturers and suppliers and support services will be used in future trade transactions in other jurisdictions.
- Provide me with a contract report that will provide:
- a) a total value of contracts;
- b) a list of northern businesses that were used in the contracts; and
- c) the amount of revenue generated from each of the listed northern businesses using contractors for every transaction made by the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation outside of the Northwest Territories in the past five years.
- Provide me with information showing whether or not the government's Business Incentive Policy infringes upon the North American Free Trade Agreement.