I do know that early in the development of policy, meetings were held with a range of non-profit organizations, voluntary organizations, and so on. WE Charity was one of those consulted. We can provide you with the full list of organizations that were consulted.
I would say, at the front end of this, it was a wide open process. It is true there was no call for proposals. It is true there was no competitive process. I mentioned earlier that PCO raised the question of the department and whether there should be or could be a competitive process. The answer was no, with reasons, and colleagues at PCO were satisfied that was the case.
Beyond that, I'm not aware of specific interactions of groups that sought the opportunity, but it was clear from my review of the file that ESDC, in co-operation with Finance, examined the parameters of the program, the features that were desirable, and the conclusion was that WE Charity had the necessary experience to meet the need.