I reassured him earlier that I knew that in the end, what he wants is for things to improve regarding the Government’s real estate presence on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River.
As for the A.T. Kearney contract, I saw Mr. Proulx throwing his hands in the air when my deputy minister told him we had obtained the services of A.T. Kearney employees who came from overseas without submitting the invoices. It should be remembered that his colleague Mr. Brison signed this $24 million contract without really thinking, as I said, of giving instructions to the consultants. The consultants should have come before the objectives were set. That is how it should have been done. In this regard, I have to deal with what was left to me, Mr. Poilievre, but as you know, I do my best and I try to remain above the mêlée.