Certainly communities do look towards an opportunity to negotiate contracts when there’s support there for them to do so. Also, Mr. Chair, that some of the communities, when the packages do arrive in the communities, sometimes not all materials are in the packages and sometimes it’s difficult to get them in on a timely basis. Sometimes that hurts the contractor. It’s really nobody’s fault, it’s just the way some things are handled. Some of the contractors that I have spoken to who negotiated some of the work had said that some of the materials are not there to build a house or are missing, so they have to wait until it is ordered and go through a number of steps

before it actually arrives on site. I hope this is looked upon when they are asked again if they are asking to negotiate another unit with Housing. I know there are other factors that the Minister has indicated to the House here in terms of seeing if there is a possibility if they can negotiate or they go to a tender process.