Mr. Speaker, the minister of public works pledged that under his tenure his department would be open, transparent and accountable.
Those are lofty ideals. It did not happen. It was just the same old talk.
We have not been able to count on the minister to answer even the simplest question, like how many files has he referred to the RCMP? He is scared to do that.
In light of that, could the minister assure the House that the companies implicated in the files that he referred to the RCMP have been frozen out of any more government money?