Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the past 15 months and as per my motion of May 13th, I have been continually pressing the government on disclosure of sole-sourced and negotiated contracts. Mr. Speaker, as I said before, this is not a vendetta or a witch hunt, but a mechanism, as it were, to make the government accountable for public money spent for the public good. Mr. Speaker, as a result of repeated requests, the Chairman of the Financial Management Board has initiated modifications to the production of the quarterly contract report, which has been published for the past year. To date, information contained in the quarterly report has included the contractor name, service provided and the contract cost. I understand that the reports are now being modified to indicate whether contracts are awarded as negotiated, tendered or sole-sourced. It is also, I understand, anticipated that required programming with the computer programs to facilitate this will be completed later this month. Mr. Speaker, needless to say, I am quite pleased by

this development and would like to congratulate the Chairman of the FMBS for initiating this procedure.

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