Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My other concern is the area that has been raised in this House about the policies this government has in place, the Business Incentive Policy and Manufacturer's Directive.
In regard to the whole intent of these different policies, we have negotiated contracts. We have sole-sourced contracts. We have the different contracting policies that are in place to benefit northerners and to ensure they develop or try to sustain businesses in the North.
However, what we see happening is that there are, in some cases, no real consistent implementation of these different policies that this government has. I would like to ask the Minister, why is it that groups, such as the Manufacturer's Directives we have met with, which state they have businesses they have set up regarding fiberglass tanks to that of major construction that they have put in place. In my riding, there is a group going into portable sawmills, that is another Manufacturer's Directive, yet, these people are taking a chance to develop an industry and hire local people, which is the whole intention of the policy.
I find it hard to understand why this Housing Corporation is not following that policy to the fullest, because of what we have seen, where you still see a lot of material coming north from the south, when I believe a lot of that construction material could be produced right here in the North.
So I would like to ask the Minister, what are you doing to ensure that those policies are being carried out? What happens if someone is not following that policy within a department?