Mr. Baylis, this date coincides exactly with the deadline for the call for tenders, which was March 31. FTI Professional Grade was created the same day. Seven days later, it was awarded the contract by Public Services and Procurement Canada. This raises many issues. It sounds too good to be true. It sounds like a fairy tale. We're talking about a $237-million contract. That isn't a small contract. We're talking about a contract worth a quarter of a billion dollars that was settled in no time. Canadians find it very hard to believe that it wasn't fixed.
Let's talk about prices. We know that the PB560 ventilators sell for $13,000 on the market. You're selling them for $23,000. For the whole contract, this amounts to an additional $100 million.
Can you explain to Canadians why we paid an additional $100 million for a contract that was awarded in the blink of an eye?