Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is directed to the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation and I would like to follow up on the Members' statements and questions raised by my colleagues here with respect to supporting northern manufacturers.
Mr. Speaker, I was glad to hear that the Housing Corporation was making inroads into Alaska and that we will be building facilities there and so on. Mr. Speaker, I think it is good that our people could go all over the world and build things, but I do not think it is as meaningful if we do not have full participation by the local producers and local manufacturers.
My question to the Minister is, has he, as a Minister, directed the department? If so, how did he direct the department to make sure that whatever work that they do all over the world, they give the priority to the northern manufacturers? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.