Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Premier and it is about sole-source contracting. One of the other criteria, Mr. Speaker, that our government uses when determining that a sole-source contract should be awarded is that only one party is available and capable of performing the contract.
Mr. Speaker, it seems to me that this would not be a valid reason for foregoing competition because obviously, if only one party is available and capable, they are going to win in a public tender.
Would the Premier agree that this criterion should only ever be used or invoked very selectively and only in the very rarest of circumstances? Thank you.