Linda Duncan at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On October 2nd, 2012. See this statement in context.

October 2nd, 2012 / 10:05 a.m.

NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

I'm glad you raised that, because that goes to my next question.

I was a little stunned to hear that you were only employing nine firms. Are those firms all here in Ottawa?

Even in my own riding, a few blocks from me is an energy efficient lighting manufacturing plant that is struggling. There is an energy efficiency lighting company right above my office that has been retrofitting university facilities.

In the plan for both of your entities, and across government, are you aware of whether there is encouragement that there be employment locally of the energy efficiency firms, or are they all one big centralized company?

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