Mr. Daniel Pilon at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On February 7th, 2023. See this statement in context.

February 7th, 2023 / 4:15 p.m.

Director General, National Accommodations, Domestic Procurement and Asset Management, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development

Daniel Pilon

It is not. In my many years of procurement in various departments, I have seen many contracts of a sole-source nature or a competitive nature from ministers' offices. I wouldn't say directly from a minister, but from a minister's office this is quite common, actually.

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