Ms. Elizabeth Hopkins at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On February 27th, 2007. See this statement in context.

February 27th, 2007 / 4:50 p.m.

Director, Policy Development, Office of Greening Government Operations, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Elizabeth Hopkins

The procurement will be done respecting our trade agreement obligations. So under those obligations under NAFTA or the Agreement on Internal Trade, you wouldn't be able to identify “local” as a requirement in that procurement. It would be a competitive process.

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