Local and ethical procurement practices just make sense. Ethical procurement is a global issue and I think we should do our part to make sure we are doing what we can to avoid supporting human rights violations. Local procurement practices are an essential component in building our local economy and supporting local businesses and enabling them to be competitive with larger companies is important on a community level. Enabling local companies to be competitive with larger companies means everyone in Kamloops needs to support local as much as possible – then these businesses can reduce operating costs, allowing them to be more competitive in bidding processes.