Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I take the Member's point that we do want the benefits of a lot of the money that's spent by the government to be with government firms, or with territorial firms. I think in the past they have tried to break down some of the contracts. I'm not sure about the infrastructure side of the highway contract, but I can have a conversation with the Minster of Infrastructure. We've heard your concerns, we've heard concerns from some of the businesspeople around the Northwest Territories about the fact that they feel that some of the southern companies come in and take advantage of the money that the GNWT spends, so ideally we'd like to see as much of this stay in the Northwest Territories as possible. We have a number of firms that deliver a quality product, and we should be taking advantage of that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Robert C. McLeod on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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