Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Minster's response reminded me of something that used to be practiced a number of years back. I remember looking at some contracts and seeing in the description that the lowest price is not necessarily selected. I think that is important to have in there because, a lot of times, it is like they say: you get what you pay for. A lot of times, I have seen contracts that come out, which is the normal practice now, it seems the lowest price gets it, but they can't finish the work or after they get midway through, they realize, "We underbid this and now we need some add-ons here."

I have seen contracts that have been awarded that have almost doubled. I think that is something we need to take a look at and ensure that we don't always go by the lowest bid. The department already knows what they budget for each project. With a good plan with these tenders that come in, what is pretty close to what we bid should be really accepted because we have to get out of that taking the lowest bid all the time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.