Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Finance. We have all heard stories of there being two rates for two sets of prices I guess, or rates, whatever you want to call them, for things that the Government has to purchase.
It seems like there is one going rate for the public and another going rate for Government. We do not seem to be getting the good rate. There is a higher rate, it seems like, for Government, than for the rest of the public. I have spoken to one person who indicated that he worked for a company where the first question they ask, is, is this Government or for yourself? If it is for the Government, they pull out a higher rate.
I would like to know from the Minister of Finance what this Government is doing to get the same rates for the Government as for the public, or even a discount. Since we seem to have a high volume of business, we should probably even get a discount.