Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development. We've heard a lot of talk in the Chamber today about negotiated contracts and the business incentive policy. We've also been talking about contingency plans. I am wondering when we talk about negotiated contracts, there are different reasons for doing them and I think most of them understand what most of those motivations and reasons are. We talk about storefronts, but not all businesses that are losing out on contracts are storefronts. Many of them are businesses that have been here 10, 20, 40 years in the North and who need government business in order to survive and to ensure the viability of their business. What is the contingency plan on the part of this government for those businesses who have been here, have employees, have tremendous investment in the North, when negotiated contracts take away their access and opportunity to bid on contracts? What is the contingency plan for those businesses? Thank you.
Jane Groenewegen on Question 292-14(6): Support For Long-term Northern Businesses
In the Legislative Assembly on June 10th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Question 292-14(6): Support For Long-term Northern Businesses
Item 6: Oral Questions
June 9th, 2003
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