If you recall, I said that we were set up at a time when the procurement community was totally demoralized. They had been the subject of hearing after hearing, with headlines in the newspapers. A deluge of new rules had been sent out by the centre to respond to this crisis. The number of transactions had improved tremendously, but the resources had not improved.
On the other side, we met with the supplier communities. They were being faced with these consolidation buys, standing offers, and new arrangements that they thought were threatening their businesses.
It was in that atmosphere that we had to create an office that everybody could respect and deal with and that could share their concerns. We had to create this trust. It was on that basis that we went with this collaboration model.
Let me say that it has worked quite well. We've had absolutely no problems. But on the other hand, please rest assured that if we do have problems, there's no problem in changing our approach. We'll do anything that needs to be done to implement your mandate.