Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health.
Yesterday I asked the minister if she would table the guidelines that help to guide her department in the allocation of advertising contracts under her jurisdiction. I hope to get those guidelines sometime soon.
When it is a sizeable contract, like the one that has been awarded to McKim Advertising in Winnipeg, surely the minister has conducted a detailed investigation into this or any prospective contractor, especially if the agency has come under new management just two weeks before the major contract was awarded.
Was the minister personally aware of the political background of the new owner of McKim Advertising when she signed off the new contract?