Mr. Speaker, let me quote the auditor general when she was speaking about a specific contractor last Tuesday. She said:
He also determined the level of funding requirements and got the Department's approval...In effect, he was allowed to set his own terms and to act as if he had full authority to represent the government.
We have heard how the minister of public works in opposition criticized the government at that time for the way it handled contracts. Let me ask him this now, in spite of his earlier comments. Why does he now use taxpayer money to reward his Liberal friends?