In the short time I have remaining, I want to quickly talk about another issue: the contract on the relocation of federal employees, particularly National Defence and the RCMP employees. No doubt, you remember the contract awarded to Royal LePage. There was a call for tenders, which was then cancelled, and then followed by a new one.
I discussed this, quite recently—maybe two weeks ago—with the Auditor General, who told me that there had been serious problems related to the call for tenders and that this contract had not been awarded in due form. Nonetheless, you personally decided to maintain the contract and to look no further, without any discussion whatsoever.
I asked the Auditor General, at that time, whether she was aware of any ministers who ignored her recommendations. She told me this was a rare occurrence.