Peter MacKay on Government Contracts

In the House of Commons on April 21st, 2004. See this statement in context.

Government ContractsOral Question Period

April 21st, 2004 / 2:20 p.m.

Progressive Conservative

Peter MacKay Progressive Conservative Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, NS

Here is a figure, Mr. Speaker, $161 million to CSL.

In a note to Chuck Guité, Warren Kinsella expresses his concerns about the improper awarding of contracts to the minister's friends at Earnscliffe. The note in question shows that the Department of Finance, headed by the current Prime Minister, had awarded four contracts in violation of Department of Public Works rules.

And the Prime Minister knew nothing?

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