Yes, obviously you do.
I guess that's the issue here, Minister, you going with your gut. It is a question of your political judgment and political prudence.
This was a municipal election. Choices had to be made carefully. As you said yourself, one way or the other you could upset the apple cart. City officials say in their internal memo of October 5 that you were the one wanting the contract. The Secretary of Treasury Board never saw the contract. Why did you not go back to city officials? Why did you take it to the media?