Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member was in the House earlier when we were told, in response to a question, that the bill the hon. member just commented on prevented some overlapping with other provinces. Basically, that is the spirit of non-overlapping that we advocate in the Bloc Quebecois.
Here is my first question. What is there exactly in this bill to specifically preclude this kind of overlapping?
I have another question for the hon. member. The Bloc Quebecois tabled a reasoned amendment on this subject. It reads as follows:
"this House declines to give second reading to Bill C-52, an act to establish the Department of Public Works and Government Services and to amend and repeal certain acts, because the principle of the bill does not provide for a specific code of ethics to be put in place aimed at making transparent the contracting process and the acquisition of all goods and services by the Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada".
Does the hon. member agree with the idea of improving transparency through this bill? If he does, where exactly in the bill is this spirit of transparency fostered?