NLIS 4
May 19, 2005
(Innovation, Trade and Rural Development)
 

The following statement was issued by Kathy Dunderdale, Minister of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development. It was also read in the House of Assembly:

I would like to inform honourable members of the house about an event that will be held next week that will help local companies do business with various levels of government in Newfoundland and Labrador.

On May 26 the Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development, together with the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, Newfoundland and Labrador Division, will host a Supplier Development Seminar in St. John�s.

Each year the provincial and federal governments and their agencies, along with municipal governments and organizations such as schools and hospitals, buy millions of dollars worth of goods and services.

My department believes that local businesses, wherever possible, should have an opportunity to supply those goods and services. Accordingly, we have in recent months held Supplier Development Seminars in Corner Brook, Grand Falls-Windsor, Gander and now St. John�s to ensure that as many local businesses as possible have an opportunity to learn how to participate in providing goods and services to government.

These supplier development seminars provide potential suppliers with an opportunity to meet with government purchasing agents and gain a greater understanding about government purchasing requirements. And it allows purchasing agents to gain an understanding of supplier capabilities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.

The St. John�s seminar will be held next Thursday at the Holiday Inn from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. It will include presentations from the Government Purchasing Agency; the Department of Transportation and Works; Public Works and Government Services Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corporation, the City of St. John's, the City of Mount Pearl, the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, the Health Care Corporation of St. John�s, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, and others.

Government and government agencies are large consumers of goods, and I believe that local suppliers should benefit from these transactions where possible. We intend to continue to hold these seminars in other parts of the province, with the next one to be held in Labrador, to ensure business people are aware of opportunities to do business with government.

This is yet another initiative this government is undertaking to support the development of Newfoundland and Labrador companies and to help them capitalize on business opportunities.

2005 05 19                                  1:50 p.m.


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