Thank you.
Mr. Minister, sitting here with the committee last week, we had...not a one-man band, but a witness advise us of all the ills of this deal. His credentials were, in his mind, impeccable. Of course, he didn't have any formal experience in the real estate field or marketability or financial background for that particular thing, but in his opinion this was not a good deal.
I'd like to know what form of professionalism would have existed and potentially how many people, bodies, agencies, or organizations would be involved in assessing this type of transaction on behalf of the government, whether it was BMO, the bank, the Deutsche Bank report, or the internal staffing. I realize you probably wouldn't have access to those numbers, but would it be fair to say there was a sufficient or a huge amount of professional advice poured into this assessment?