Occasionally, you can see conflicts of interest arise, but I think maybe what you're driving at is this. If you have a company or a couple of companies that effectively almost have a monopoly over contracts is that anti-competitive? At that point would we put a percentage and say you're only allowed to get 50% of the contracts, and then the other 50% has to be opened up to other companies? I think it becomes a lazy relationship when there are big contractors in town. A couple of big companies in this town seem to get at least 80% of city business. Maybe they offer the best deal, but I think there's a certain amount of familiarity there, and sometimes I wonder how much genuine competition is out there. Under those circumstances, we might consider that. I know the EU does.
On April 25th, 2013. See this statement in context.