Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This is an extremely important issue. Frankly, I am outraged at Public Services and Procurement Canada's lack of cooperation on a motion passed unanimously by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. It's outrageous that after the 15‑day deadline, the department, whose offices are next door, has only sent us two of the seven contracts.
This is not normal. We are supposed to be a democracy. It's up to the government to show that. I therefore ask the members opposite to remind the department of the motion, which they voted for, and to make sure that the committee is respected so that we can do our work. If we're going to make this the fight of a generation, then so be it. Transparency and accountability are important, and we're going to fight to the end to get these contracts and just do our job.
I call on all my colleagues to push for copies of these contracts. The department is already lagging behind on this. Normally, points are docked when you're late, every teacher knows that. It's going to be a little harder to have a calm debate if cooperation is already an issue. Therefore, let's get those contracts sent to us so we can look at them next week as scheduled. It's going to be very important.
I remind Public Services and Procurement Canada that it still has a few days to provide the contracts, as per the motion passed unanimously by the Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
Thank you.