Thank you. There's one other aspect of this discussion, Mr. Chairman, that is more of an opinion or an observation, and that is the numerous visits and tours that have been conducted of the factory floor. Mr. Chairman, for me, the proof of the pudding is going to be when these units are actually delivered and on site in any one of these given communities after they've been picked up and moved probably several times, after they've already survived four or five or six winters in the NWT, after they've survived three or four seasons of hard use by pipeline construction crews, after they've been refurbished. Mr. Chairman, of course I'm going to be dazzled when I get down to Calgary and have a look at a huge, state-of-the-art factory, a spotless, brand new, sparkling clean, never-been-used house. Of course it's going to be impressive, but we should not think that this is all we need to see to judge and get approval of these. What we're basically buying here is used houses that have to go through numerous steps before they actually arrive in the hands of their new and permanent tenants. So I discount very heavily the accolades that have come forward so far because that is not what we're buying on the factory floor in Calgary. What we're buying is going to be six years from now, after many different stages and steps, eyes open, ears open, let's not get carried away with looking at shiny new things because that's not what we're buying. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Bill Braden on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 7th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 6th, 2006
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