Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Quebecois' House leader is no better informed than the Bloc Quebecois critic on this, because in fact, his numbers are just as wrong.
Since becoming Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, I have signed five contracts, not 2,000 or anything near that. When it comes to awarding contracts, 92% of them, the highest rate of all of the G-8 countries, are awarded through a competitive bid process.