As for the 1 per cent of contracts awarded to Quebec entrepreneurs, let us admit that it could hardly be a
ny less. Given that most Department of Justice contracts are awarded directly without tender by department officials and taking into account, I imagine, the minister's obvious authority over the awarding of contracts, can the minister make a commitment to issue and make public clear directives designed to ensure that a fair share of research work is done in French, as must or rather should the case& [English] Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib
.): Mr. Speaker, we ...[+++]already have full written guidelines.[Traduction] L'hon. Allan Rock (ministre de la Justice et procureur général du Canada, Lib.): Monsieur le Président, nous avons déjà un document établissant des lignes directrices exhaustives.