I'll read the amendment from Mr. Laforest from the start, in French.
On February 4, 2008, the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, admitted that he violated Treasury Board guidelines in awarding a contract to Hugh MacPhie for work provided in relation to Budget 2007.
Furthermore, Access to Information requests have shown that the Minister of Finance awarded a disproportionate share of contracts valued at between $24,000 and $24,900 that were untendered, falling just below the level at which contracts must be subject to competitive tendering.
The third paragraph has been completely eliminated and the fourth paragraph reads as follows:
The Public Accounts Committee calls the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, the Honourable Vic Toews, President of the Treasury Board, Rob Wright, Deputy Minister of Finance, Wayne Wouters, Secretary of the Treasury Board, Hugh MacPhie and Sara Beth Mintz to appear as witnesses in order to further study these situations which appear to be contrary to Treasury Board guidelines.