I thank the hon. minister for a decent answer, Mr. Speaker.
More than 36,000 of these contracts were issued in 1992-93 alone. Some suspect that the contracts were given to friends of government rather than being issued on the basis of merit. This report also indicates that contracts were granted without public scrutiny and almost half were issued without a tender process.
Will the President of the Treasury Board agree that all future government contracts must be subject to public tender process?