In interviews with the media and in the letter to my office, you described the COVID-19 supply council as having no role in procurement. Your department's website says that one of the topics raised was the procurement of PPE. This doublespeak is misleading to Canadians. Procurement, as we know, means “acquisition”, not “supply”, and now we have an example of a supplier that benefited from a contract that was never asked for by a first nation.
Is the COVID-19 supply council, whose role is to advise the government on procurement, involved with procurement, yes or no?