Ultimately, whether it is Cisco or one of its resellers, it is Cisco equipment everywhere in the network and it is Cisco that gets the money.
The impression I have is that there is an attempt to portray this as a competitive process when, basically, there is no such process. It is the same equipment; it goes through an intermediary, but ultimately the same equipment is purchased.
I wonder whether there is nothing else compatible, that would mean that Canadians' and Quebeckers' money would be put to better use.
As a last point, I have received information saying that Cisco was trying, one way or another, to twist the situation a bit in order to get $100 million in contracts between now and the end of June, to make sure there would be no break in the supply chain. For most companies, June is the end of the fiscal year.
Is it true that Cisco is currently trying to pressure the Director General at Shared Services Canada and the Deputy Minister, Networks, Security and Digital Services, for them to expedite the purchasing process? Cisco hopes to sign an untendered 100 million contract by the end of June, to make sure that it has a completed procurement and achieves its financial objectives.