Mr. Speaker, my question is also to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services.
As we all know, advertising contracts are not awarded to the lowest bidder, but to the firm that is the most creative, which is a good idea. After being sold to foreign interests, BCP Canada is a mere shadow of what it was when it obtained the government contracts. The company that received the contracts had more than 200 employees, whereas this company has barely 20.
How can the public works minister justify maintaining the contracts awarded to BCP Canada before this company was sold to Publicis since, today, BCP Canada is just a small foreign subsidiary disguised as a Canadian company?