Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As one of my colleagues said, it is very interesting to hear from different companies and consultants. Professional engineering services are very different from direct equipment sales. I know it thanks to my past experiences.
Sometimes companies will do both. In the field of high technology, it is necessary because we often need both. The difficulty is to have the knowledge, expertise and specialization in engineering to be able to make the link between all this.
In the past, I worked in the technology field. The companies I worked for had the primary motivation to enter the market and eliminate the competition. All means to access markets were good, for example by lowering prices. We talked about lending employees. Employees were at the company's premises to do the work and to propose solutions. In the end, the goal was to be in the business and have the chequebook, and the business prospered with that money.
I have worked in the municipal sector, and I am now a member of Parliament. I can tell you that our goal is to protect citizens' money and make the best choices possible. The question is always that of shared risk.
As I understand it, Mr. Kendrick said that sometimes the risk has to be attributed more to the government. There is an important difference of opinion as to how to bring all this together.
Mr. Kendrick, if you were the minister responsible for procurement services, would you make the same speech as today or would it be slightly different in terms of the motivation? What would you change?