Mr. Speaker, seven months ago the government said that it had cancelled the billion dollar relocation contract with Royal LePage because, like the sponsorship contracts, proper procedure had not been followed.
Now the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works tells the House that the contract has been re-tendered and that new bids have been received and are being re-evaluated. This is simply not true.
New bids have not been received and in fact the request for proposals has not even gone out yet.
Is the government intentionally misleading Canadians about this contract or is it that it has simply lost another billion dollars of taxpayer money?