Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Since there's some time on the clock, I thought I'd ask the Minister responsible for the NWT Power Corporation if she will also look into her department as the Minister of Finance cannot commit for the other Ministers, so I'm going to ask her if she'll commit to review her policies and keep them in line so that we have a one policy for the Northwest Territories as we can say that the deputy ministers that run our departments in our government are the board that make up the NWT Power Corp. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes. Minister responsible for Northwest Territories Power Corporation.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, at this time I can't commit to putting it in line, but I will commit to speaking to the department to ensure that we are following within our current corporation legislation and to ensure that we see what that means. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, I'll ask the Minister to ask her department, if it's a department now, that and all the deputy ministers that run it if they can make sure that the work stays as much work as possible that can stay in the North by Northerners stays in the North by Northerners. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I just want to note that we are following our rules. It is the intent of this government to ensure that we have local content and northern hires. So I mean, that is something that we do fall in line with the rest of the other departments here in the GNWT. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm just wondering if and, you know, if the Minister you know, I haven't had this conversation with her but if she can get back or commit to following up if there same as with the BIP content, if they are not following through and they are not using local contractors and they are not you know, if we give contracts to certain organizations, you know, that we hold them accountable, that they do what they say they're going to do, and that if they don't, you know, they go on this deemed ineligible to bid on tenders. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Northwest Territories hydro, the Northwest Territories Power Corporation, the Northwest Territories Energy, are just part of the Power Corporation. So we do not fall although we do not follow the Business Incentive Policy, we do have a northern preference policy. So what that means is there's a section of our purchasing policy that speaks specifically to northern preferences for any additional references. Mr. Speaker, I can assure the Member that we are following within our policy and that we are ensuring that it's northern local content. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister. Final supplementary. Colleagues, our time for oral questions has expired. Written questions. Oh, sorry, Member for Yellowknife North.
