Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Premier. It’s in regard to the policies and procedures we have in this government, especially in negotiated contracts. It’s clearly stated in the policy that in order to get to negotiations with government, whoever gets the contract must get support letters from the affected community and the MLA.
I have written letters in regard to projects in my riding, especially the roof on the school in Aklavik, a couple of housing projects — Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtchic — for the local development corporations. Again, Mr. Speaker, I don’t know if those letters have any influence on the government to basically negotiate with these individuals, but later to realize that these projects are showing up in newspapers in which they’re being publicly tendered….
I’d like to ask the Premier: exactly how much clout do these letters have in regard to Cabinet’s decision to negotiate those contracts with the individual contractors in my riding?