Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know that these were all discussed, these were all previously approved last year, and so this is more about the carry-over, but with a lot of these big projects being from the southern part of the territory, I know that it's hard for the northern firms in the southern part of the territory to compete with a lot of these southern firms. Especially when you start talking about really big contracts, when the Business Incentive Policy doesn't apply so much. The reason I ask what the northern hire is, and the benefits of the North are, is because I think it's about time that we start looking at the costs and benefits of negotiated contracts sometimes, or breaking up some of the larger contracts into smaller ones that are more manageable by northern firms. Is that something that the department is doing, or the Minister is aware of? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
R.J. Simpson on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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