Madam Minister, if the Public Health Agency of Canada places an order that does not make sense, doesn't someone somewhere say that it makes no sense, that the government will not spend almost $1 billion and give money to Baylis Medical or others if there is no need?
Isn't your department supposed to monitor all of this and say when things don't work?
That said, the question remains: can we terminate the contract? We have ventilators for the next 60 years. Can we terminate the contract and get the money back, or do we have to give the money to the companies and realize that the government just lost money and it's no big deal? It's your job to monitor this.