Mr. Speaker, and yet the public servants are afraid.
The evidence keeps piling up that the government is determined to keep its cash for contracts scheme going. Just prior to the last election when the department auditors found all kinds of problems with ads and sponsorships, the Prime Minister could have stopped it all but he chose not to. Instead the department and the PMO met with five ad bosses trying to keep the gravy trains running on time.
Why did the government turn a blind eye to the five finger discount by the five firms right out of the taxpayer's pocket?