Mr. Speaker, the minister is wrong on both counts. NATO has indicated that there was time flexibility on this contract and the assistant deputy minister of Public Works said that there were other companies that could have done the job.
We have a big contract, we have a military contract, where there has been bungling before, and we have it with Bombardier, whose people have been thick as thieves with Liberals at the highest levels.
Whose decision was it to bend the rules in favour of Bombardier? Was it the minister responsible or was it the Prime Minister himself?