Veterans Affairs committee  Do you want to have the actual documents? You have to understand that, in this case, the Department of Canadian Heritage brought its expertise to the table and that it appears everywhere in the documents, which is normal, because—

Veterans Affairs committee  That information appears in the first paragraph of the document entitled, “Design Competition—Request for Proposals, Submission Requirements”. That's in the introduction. The document includes what all the teams must know about the requirements for submission, deadlines, payment

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm simply alluding to the competition rules which I discussed earlier. The departments concerned were supposed to receive the jury's recommendation and, normally, to endorse it and ensure that the contract was awarded to the winner. There was indeed another possibility, which is

Veterans Affairs committee  There's very little case law on competitions. There is a kind of consensus on method, but there has been very little debate on that. However, there's a great deal of case law on requests for proposals, but that's another matter. The competition system is well established and, i

Veterans Affairs committee  Once again, I'm thinking of architecture and public art. The consequences are that the practice will discourage people from submitting bids or sitting on a jury. It's all well and good to sit on a jury, but what happens then? People will work for a year, but the proposal may wel

Veterans Affairs committee  Quite sincerely, since there's a lot of case law on competitions, it would be hard for me to cite you in actual decision. However, at the very least, norms and processes are important in a democracy. The rule of law requires that both the governing and the governed abide by pree

Veterans Affairs committee  Basically, the ministers concerned, and the Department of Canadian Heritage in particular, misunderstood their role in the competition. There's actually a text, amendment number 2 to the first request for proposals, which explains exactly what the role of the Department of Canad

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thank you for this invitation to appear before you. My name is François Le Moine, and I am a lawyer specializing in art law and president of the Association littéraire et artistique internationale for Canada; I teach art and cultural herit