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.
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