So we're in a situation now, and I had asked Minister Fortier, because I thought he was going to be able to put this matter to rest. Yet when I asked him about the fairness monitor, he said very clearly on record that this was completely optional for him to use, or whenever they choose. Yet that clearly violates the guidelines of Public Works, and this is a huge contract.
We have allegations you're making that the scores were changed, that you have evidence that you can see where they were crossed out and other hands came forward.
I asked Minister Fortier very clearly about the issue of his staff poaching your staff. He said there was no truth in that.
Now the Government of Canada is on the hook for a $250 million lawsuit, and I asked Minister Fortier, at the end of the day, who is responsible. This happened under his watch. I'm not saying that Minister Fortier or any of his staff went in and changed those numbers, but the question from the beginning, as laid out by the media, is that there is a very serious question around this contract and due diligence must be done. Yet all we got from Minister Fortier was a very lackadaisical response.
If you're successful in this $250 million lawsuit, who do you think is responsible for having left the Government of Canada so exposed?