Mr. Speaker, before this government took office, advertising agencies had to be 51 per cent Canadian-owned in order to get contracts from the federal government.
However, the government changed this rule and now requires these firms to be 100 per cent Canadian-owned to get federal contracts. This change clearly benefits BCP, which, incidentally, was in charge of the publicity for the Prime Minister's leadership campaign, for the Liberals' 1993 election campaign, and for the No committee at the last referendum.
Will the Minister of Public Works confirm that BCP gets almost all federal advertising contracts in Quebec, for a total of $35 million?