Hon House Chair, the NFP will indeed support this Bill tabled here today. I think the question we need to ask is, why did we get to where we are today? I think it is clear in this country that there is a culture of non-payment. People do not believe in paying.
The 30-day payment is just there in theory; in practise it does not happen. It is our view that these municipalities should be paying but they will choose not to pay all the service providers. In order for the Office of the Auditor-General to function optimally, we now have to put added measures in place to ensure that they get fees in excess of 1%. I am not sure whether this is going to solve the Auditor-General's problem. The Auditor-