On the basis of our audit of the Canada emergency response benefit and the emergency wage subsidy, we determined that the government had indeed followed internationally recognized emergency situation best practices.
The emphasis was on post-payment controls rather than pre-payment controls with a view to striking a balance in being able to provide support to individuals and businesses. There were a few pre-payment controls, but the emphasis was really on post-payment controls, as was the case internationally.
For procurement, the purpose of the evaluations was primarily to review the criteria and requirements used by the government. Here again, we took into consideration the fact that it was a market where there were very few masks and where demand was much higher than…