(1)(a) What are the (i) full details of all companies that provided services to his department that have been blacklisted in each province and (ii) reasons for each specified company being blacklisted and (b) on what date was each company blacklisted;
(2) whether he has found that any of the blacklisted companies are currently still operating as service providers to his department; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what steps does he intend to take in this regard?