I've been in charge of this project for almost six months, and I've had no engagement with that firm whatsoever.
Let me go back. The government consulted with perhaps hundreds of stakeholders from the infrastructure community, including the financial community, the debt and investment side; municipalities and provinces and territories; and with all variety of others prior to the announcement in the fall economic update. Between the fall economic update and the budget, there were even deeper consultations with strata of various parts of the infrastructure ecosystem, including those in the federal-provincial-municipal system.
Following the budget, I as an official led the coordination of the drafting of the legislation in concert with the government. We used all available resources inside the Government of Canada, and drew on hundreds of inputs from various stakeholders in shaping this legislation that led to the government's decision.