Thank you, Mr. Chair.
To follow up with you, Mr. Hollander, I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion, so the matter that was just talked about was simply the opinion of an individual and not one based on fact.
Anyway, I do want to correct a little bit of information. One piece of information that we've heard from members opposite is that changes to the pre-qualifications that were made to the bid documents favoured the person who received the bid. In one case that is the fact. In the other case it actually made it more difficult for the person who got the contract to get the contract, and the only change that was made in reference to the person who received the contract was that it allowed the general contractor to do some of the masonry work themselves.
Simply put, the change that benefited the Sauvé contract was that the Sauvé company would undertake the masonry work themselves rather than hiring somebody outside of their own firm to do it. Obviously, LM Sauvé was known for its capacity to undertake large masonry contracts. It is important that this be on the record.
I'm wondering, Ms. Trombetti, whether any evidence has come to your attention or if anybody has brought evidence to you that would indicate there was some type of political intervention in the renovation contracts of West Block.