Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I said in my Member’s statement today, it seems that we have a gap in our procurement policies. Standing offer agreements can be offered to firms who can then turn around and subcontract southern companies to do work here in the Northwest Territories. I’m not sure if it’s the Minister for which the work that I’m referring to is being done or if it’s someone else on the other side that’s responsible for this policy on standing offer agreements. I would like to know why standing offer agreements do not uphold the same standard of northern content that other contracts...

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Department of Transportation, Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The motion has been circulated. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Agreed. Thank you. We’ll do that after a short break.

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Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Ramsay.

I call Committee of the Whole to order. We have a number of matters before us. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Minister Miltenberger. Minister Ramsay.

From anything that I heard, and I don’t pretend to be a professional or extremely knowledgeable in this area, however, from anything I heard, the time between getting people from the International Airport to the hospitals that are in city centre, basically, was a concern. The time factor, if weather was an issue, the ground transportation, these were all concerns. If there is an alternate landing site for medevacs coming out of the North, will the Minister ensure that he puts his voice forward in promoting something that may well be in the interests of Northerners travelling?

Thank you. Next I have on my list Mr. Yakeleya.