Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just have a few opening comments here. It’s been brought to my attention that the communities that I represent, specifically Aklavik and Tsiigehtchic and even McPherson, would like to see a lot of the contracts that are through Public Works, whether it’s for maintenance or work that needs to be done in the community. In many cases, I see a clause under the contracts that state that it has to be within 50 kilometres of the community, and that’s what the communities would like to see on a lot of these contracts specifically for maintenance. A lot of this can be done within the community and that’s what the leadership would like to see in the future here. It gives opportunities to the people in the community who have small businesses to get some of these contracts here, because that’s something that the people would like to see, is to try to keep some of these funds in the community to give the residents the benefit.
Frederick Blake Jr. on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 6th, 2015. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
March 5th, 2015
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