Mr. Speaker, it is important to keep in mind that there is a glaring contradiction.
The Minister of National Defence has stated that DND had nothing to do with Hewlett-Packard using subcontractors and therefore, DND was not responsible for anything that they did. However, Hewlett-Packard has stated it was instructed by DND to use specific subcontractors and could not question why, due to national security. The net result is that $160 million went AWOL.
Why did the government use the cover of national security as an excuse for its incompetence?