Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am glad the Member raises this question, because there has been a number of meetings, public and some private discussions with our people and with contractors in the community on this initiative. There is a list of companies that have been selected by the developer from the community. There is more than 20 listed on this list. They are also working with Arctic College to do training. They have a market development list. They are trying really hard to ensure all the work stays local.
I would expect that, as we go along, we are going to hear issues come forward. We will raise them with them. We have already done so on a number of other issues and claims that have been filed. As we move forward, we want them to stick to the agreement that they have. We believe they are. It is quite interesting that the person complaining is a regular contractor to this developer. If he is not getting work, I would certainly be interested to see why they didn’t hire him. We will follow up on that. At this point I don’t know why that specific individual
is not hired as he is a regular subcontractor to the developer.
We certainly stay, on a continual basis, in contact with this project. We have people on the ground. We are quite familiar with what is happening on a day-to-day basis. Again, I have to mention that it is very early in this project. It is difficult to start saying, well, this company didn’t get a contract. Some of these are just coming out. Thank you.