Evidence of meeting #36 for Indigenous and Northern Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 3rd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was cost.
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Bloc
Yvon Lévesque Bloc Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC
To service other communities from Iqaluit, does First Air bid according to the basic price? Or could it service these communities from Iqaluit, as a subcontractor, while maintaining the same price?
Director General, Valpiro Inc.
It could certainly not do so for the same price. If First Air were to deliver only from Iqaluit, it would have to set a much higher price, since it would be losing the transportation charges from Val-d'Or to Iqaluit.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Bruce Stanton
Thank you very much, witnesses, for your presentations and your responses this afternoon.
Members, we're going to suspend, and then we will be in camera for our consideration of next steps on this study. We'll see you back in three minutes.
[Proceedings continue in camera]