Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is for the Premier. It is about the concerns I have and have spoken about in the past with regard to sole-sourcing of contracts by this government. There are several criteria that have to be met when the government is going to sole-source any work, Mr. Speaker. One of those is that good services or construction are urgently required. Furthermore, Mr. Speaker, it has to be shown that a delay would be injurious to the public interest. So oftentimes when we as Members ask for rationale for sole-sourcing, particularly when it deals with southern firms, we are told the work was done urgently.
I wonder if the Premier would agree with me that it is not enough for departments to state that services were required urgently, but they should also be able to outline how a delay would have been injurious to the public interest. Thank you.