Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I understand where the Minister is coming from, but I also get enquiries from local contractors that have worked, in the past, for the Housing Corporation and the LHOs on various projects, but because they haven't done it either in accordance with what the Housing Corporation was looking for, or because they may be a little shy of what the basic housing standards would want to see in place, a lot of these contractors get blacklisted, Mr. Speaker, then they get turned down for future contracts by the LHOs or the Housing Corporation, for the very fact that they didn't agree on any of the projects in the past. I just want to see these people taken off these blacklists, and be put on as a priority for local consideration. Is the Minister going to direct his staff, or the regional staff, to take that into serious consideration, and reinstate these local contractors as prime bidders on any of the contracts? Thank you.
Robert Villeneuve on Question 227-15(4): Local Preference In The Tendering Process
In the Legislative Assembly on October 24th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 227-15(4): Local Preference In The Tendering Process
Question 227-15(4): Local Preference In The Tendering Process
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 23rd, 2005
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