Mr. Speaker, of course in the Territories, any business anywhere in the Territories is eligible to bid on projects. Whether or not they would get the local status would be determined by the way they had filed their application with the BIP registry.

If there is a road repair that does not border on any municipality, then no one would be eligible for the local registry. If they are a bona fide northern company registered that way, then they would get the northern BIP preference.