Thank you, Madam Chair. I am going to weigh in on this tender for the 22 units, if I could, Madam Chair. The longer I spend in this Assembly, the more I realize some of the bad decisions the last government made. This one looks to me to be obviously one of those decisions. I do believe that the government of the day, the fellows across from us, have the ability to put the brakes on this tender that is out there. I know in my riding of Kam Lake and elsewhere, Hay River, I know they have manufacturing there. We have a fledgling manufacturing industry here in the Northwest Territories. By waiving the BIP on this, it's not the right thing to do. I think we have to give the manufacturing industry here in the Northwest Territories at least a fighting chance. None of the manufacturers here in the Northwest Territories have the deep pockets necessary to try to get this done the way it's set up today. I know they can be put together either in Hay River or Yellowknife, sent into the communities, finished and at the same time, that would supply some work to the local communities that the units show up in.
I am learning more about this as I go along, but how the government can pick and choose when to waive the BIP and when not to, I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Delorey on this. Either you have a policy or you don't. Either you support northern manufacturing or you don't. By doing this, it's obvious to me and obvious to the public that the Government of the Northwest Territories does not support the manufacturing industry in the Northwest Territories. Believe me, there are companies here who could do this. They are just not being given the chance, Madam Chair.
I want to ask a question to the Minister, Madam Chair. I am not sure if the Minister can answer this question or the Premier might be able to. How do we put the brakes on this tender and how do we right the decision of the last government if it was a decision of the last government? We still haven't got to that. Mr. Delorey has asked for a date the decision was made to waive the BIP on this and we haven't got that answer yet. So we haven't really come to the conclusion of whether or not the decision was definitely that of the last government. Please, how can we put the brakes on this? How can we get northern manufacturers involved in putting these units into these communities and getting some people to work in the Northwest Territories? To me, it's unfathomable what we are doing here. Thank you.