I'm a little, not shocked.... I'll just say I'm puzzled as to why Mr. McCauley would want the details of those contracts. It's pretty old news.
It was reported, I think, in July 2020. I'm wondering if he believes there were some kind of shenanigans that happened. He knows the procurement rules around contracts valued under $25,000. They are under a delegated authority. The minister does not sign off on that. If he has concerns, Mr. McCauley knows very well he could have written to the procurement ombudsman, who could have done an investigation.
In fact, we had them before committee not too long ago, and they clearly outlined the steps they can take in order to look at that.
If Mr. McCauley is advancing this because he believes that contracts under $25,000 should be transparent, then I would challenge him and say, well, perhaps he wants to see all contracts under $25,000. They are published on a website, which is why we know that the value was around $12,000, I believe.
I am confused as to the—