Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'm going to share my speaking time with my colleague Mr. Lemay.
Mr. Fortier, there are some things that I would very much like to understand. When you were minister of Public Works and Government Services, we invited you to this committee a number of times. Again this morning, I was rereading your opening remarks. You often spoke to us, among other things, about the renovation of the buildings on Parliament Hill. You said at the time that that was a concern of yours because those heritage buildings had to be restored.
As minister of Public Works and Government Services, you were ultimately responsible for the contracts awarded on behalf of the Government of Canada. Officials came to tell us that as well. Do you agree with that?