Well, Chair, you're revealing our techniques—that we often provide ministers with an unacceptable option, another unacceptable option and the right option. I'm making light of it of course, and I want to be clear to the Canadian public about that.
Again the facts will determine the situation.
I do not believe that options were provided in this case, because the lines of the program, broadly speaking, had already been announced by the Prime Minister as being the government's objectives to deal with this issue. What was recommended to cabinet followed those lines. It represented the further elaboration of those program features. Similarly, in the absence of other options, in the public service's best judgment about the delivery vehicle, the WE Charity was the only recommendation made, but with the rationale that they were uniquely placed, in our opinion, to deliver many of the features of the program.
Now, as I said, in the cabinet discussion, ministers did raise issues of due diligence. That part of the process was followed, as it would be in any other case, Chair.