Mr. Chairman, I appreciate that clarification. One of the criticisms I have heard from some vendors out there is that they are not able to compete in a fair and open manner. The reason I was asking is this authority money, they are pointing particularly at authorities to be specific but they are also referring to the headquarters potentially as being a problem in this particular area, where they are either sole sourcing or just going south and, of course, contracts are written in such a way that it really comes down to one vendor can only supply knowing full well that, of course, medical supplies that are a very specialized product whereas if you offer a Phillips product and only one vendor is being granted the rights to sell Phillips in the Northwest Territories, I guess that is a funny way of really writing a sole-source contract. Of course, the department, I am not in a position to say rightly or wrongly, but of course the department then refuses any other option from anyone trying to compete to provide a low-cost alternative.
Mr. Chairman, does the department have any types of substantiation that they can show that they are spending about a million dollars on northern vendors, giving them the opportunity? Are they able to demonstrate that these contracts for supplying medical equipment under $50,000, whether they be competitive or sole-source? Thank you.