Mr. Speaker, last April, the Bloc Quebecois denounced the flagrant inequity to Quebec in the awarding of professional and special contracts by the Department of Justice. Let me remind you that the value of contracts awarded to Ontario entrepreneurs is 15 times higher than that of contracts awarded to Quebec entrepreneurs. In his written response to Bloc members, the Minister of Justice confirmed our allegations.
Given that only 5 per cent of the value of Department of Justice research contracts is awarded to Quebec entrepreneurs and that only 1 per cent of contracts are in French, does the minister acknowledge that this situation is totally unacceptable and should be rectified as soon as possible?