Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess for businesses in the North, you know, we are always concerned that people will say they are charging too much, but the cost of doing business here and having a brick and mortar here is costly. We are paying higher rates all around. Somehow we expect that BIP is going to take that into account, and it does somewhat but not fully. Now we are not taking into account the downturn in the economy down south. There is a cost to that. How do we include that when we are putting tenders out there? That is why I think it's very important that we deal with BIP as soon as we can and do some changes to it because it's a powerful tool; it could be a powerful tool for us. It's been good, but with the economy the way it is in the South, it does not give us the advantage it used to. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Rocky Simpson on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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