Madam Chairman, first of all, the government did accept it. The government paid half a million dollars for the report, three times as a matter of fact.
My point is if a company does substandard work for the government, is it the position of the minister of public works that the government should continue to contract with the company? That is really the issue. Is that what the minister is saying?
He has said already that he thinks the report was substandard. On what grounds can a company be fired for providing contracts to the government if the company does substandard work and the government continues to do business with the company, especially when it is under criminal investigation and it has Liberal ties that call into question conflicts of interest?