Thank you. There was a situation with the Fort McPherson water treatment upgrade. There was a tender, I believe, to build two large tanks at the water treatment facility. The only bidder was NTCL, which has been in the North for a number of years. After receiving word that they got the contract, they were told, well sorry, your bid does not count because you are not covered under BIP.
This company has been here for 110 years and I think that everybody knows who NTCL is. It is owned by the Inuvialuit, people from Nunasi Corporation. So I would like to ask the Minister, what is the process to ensure that we allow companies such as NTCL, for these bids to be allowed on the basis of basic understanding?
This company is a northern company. They are based in Hay River. Everybody knows that. They are an aboriginal-owned company, 100 percent, but yet, these types of decisions are made. So I would like to ask the Minister exactly what happens in that case and what is there to remedy the situation?