Thank you, Mr. Chair. As the Member has indicated, the Canada-European Trade Agreement continues. The federal government is the lead on the agreement. It has asked for provinces and territories to participate as observers in the process, which is new in the process for international trade agreements, but the federal government retains the responsibility and the management of this negotiation with the European Union.
We have dealt with communities and kept communities abreast of these discussions. There are particular procurement thresholds that are included in the proposed agreement that would set off any access to European companies, for example, bidding on community projects. Typically those thresholds are quite large. Some of this has been disclosed. Much of this information still has not been disclosed. The agreement-in-principle has been signed with the European Union and details pertaining to the agreement are still confidential to the federal government and those parties that have been briefed. We have kept communities apprised of this. At this point in time, I can assure the Legislature and the committee that we have protected our Business Incentive Policy and regional economic measures objectives that we identified in the Northwest Territories for this purpose. Some of those do apply to community governments, procurement as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.