Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Does the department take as consideration the contractors' ability, not only through experience of personnel, time of availability of personnel the contractor has, the equipment the personnel uses to maintain the airports? An example I will use is the Lutselk'e airport. The town foreman does the airport. He is contracted. He is working for the band. I would imagine that Transportation has the contract with the band.

However, because of this individual's other responsibilities in the community, he is really stretched for time and the equipment that he is using is old MACA equipment, such as an old loader that sat in the bottom of the Bay of Lutselk'e over winter. It has been put back together piecemeal, and all of the gadgets are not working. If that particular piece of equipment goes down, then there is no other equipment that could replace it. I am just wondering if the department takes special consideration of these issues prior to awarding the contract to individuals or organizations within the community.

Like I said before and I will say again, Mr. Chairman, some of these communities, the only lifeline to that community is one airport. The department should take special considerations and keep that in mind when awarding contracts and doing business in those communities. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.