Mr. Speaker, the auditor general reported in November that 90% of untendered government contracts should have been put up for bids. I checked and found that 3,186 contracts awarded by public works went to companies that donated to Liberal Party candidates in the 1997 election and 54% of these were untendered.
Can the Minister of Public Works and Government Services explain why his department is giving so many untendered contracts to Liberal Party supporters?