Thank you.
With respect to project selection, you mentioned in your audit report that the establishment of the G-8 Legacy Infrastructure Fund was made public in February of 2009. However, we have documents dating back to November of 2008 where specific mention is made of pursuing opportunities through the G8 Legacy Fund Project—although I think we can put the word “Legacy” in quotation marks.
It also says that the goal is
“to provide the greatest possible level of support”.
The word “possible” is an indication that nothing was certain at that point.
Based on your experience, would you say that striking a committee in West Parry Sound to provide ideas about a project that had not even been made public yet is an appropriate way of receiving submissions in exchange for federal funding?