Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Mr. Beaulieu.
It's always interesting to sit in on a committee of which one is not a regular member—and I'm not a regular member of this committee. It seems to be an unusual committee process to have you here before we have the Public Works folks here to give some context to the situation.
I notice when I look at the notes the analysts have provided for us that following a process that PWGSC considers fair, transparent, and competitive, the department awarded eight AFD—alternative forms of delivery—contracts to SNC of Toronto, Ontario. These contracts took effect April 1, 2005, which I guess would have been under the previous government, and for an initial duration of four years.
Your company would have received contracts in a competitive procurement process right around that same time, before and after that date, and won some government contracts. Would you agree those contracts at the time were awarded in an open and transparent manner?