Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chair, I agree with the Minister in terms of some of this work. Sometimes it's very specialized and you need to get people from outside that may have the capacity to do it in our region. I agree with him; that's the case that you have to go in that area. I guess what I'm asking is some consideration when they have certain capacity and capability in our communities or our region that it's being looked at in that sense. I want to certainly support our local business in our communities.
In our region there's no all-season roads. We are somewhat isolated in our region, so we're somewhat, Mr. Chair, at a disadvantage from other communities that have all-season roads going into the communities where they can easily get the materials by vehicles, and those communities that have to be serviced by barges or by aircraft are sometimes at a disadvantage. I want to ask the department if they would give some consideration, do some assessment of what can get done and look at some of those factors, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.