Mr. Speaker, the premise of the hon. member's question is totally false.
The decision on the CIDA contract was made by an arm's length committee composed of four members: two of them were representatives of the Government of Mali, one was an outside consultant and the other one was an observer from CIDA. They made the decision and the decision was obviously one based on the fact that the successful company had the lowest bid.
Only the Reform Party would be against the lowest bidder winning a government contract.