Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Horsman is not here.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We don't have any challenges, because currently we don't carry any product under the food mail program. In our current operations, there are no complications in our world. However, what we will face going forward is having to make sure that we have the appropriate ground-based

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. First of all, I have to say, with respect to country foods, that Canadian North does have a special country food rate for transportation of country foods between communities. That country food rate is as good as or better than the food mail rates cur

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Oh, I would suggest exactly the opposite will happen. I think it will improve access for medical patients. We carry medical patients now and we share that contract with First Air. I think it's a good method. This Nutrition North program, presuming that we can act competitively a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We did submit a bid. We were the lowest-priced bidder, but I would suggest to you that what has not been demonstrated or explained very clearly is that the requisite for beyond just price was quite complex, and the bar is set very high, to the point where I would suggest to you,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  What I'm saying is that in order to meet some of the criteria--and I'm talking primarily about ground-based infrastructure and storage facilities and what have you--because of the cost of building those kinds of structures in the north and the lack of availability of spare space,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Hello everyone. Bonjour. As a key participant in the northern transportation infrastructure with a major impact on the northern economy, Canadian North values very much the invitation to be here today on the motion of Mr. Payne. We commend this government fo