Madam Minister, with all due respect, don't read your lines to me. I don't want to hear about vaccine contracts, I'm not talking to you about that.
We're talking about an equipment purchase file and an $81-million cash advance, which Canada will likely lose. First, the Government of Canada took a year to file a lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court. I have an email here from the Prime Minister's office, from an employee, a middle manager, indicating that there was a problem. This email is from May 2020, which is over a year ago. It was already known that there was a problem.
I know you were coming into the position in November 2019 and the pandemic happened shortly thereafter.
Did anyone tell you about Mr. Octeau or Mr. Brault? Did no one warn you to be careful?
Jean Brault went to jail back in the day for wheeling and dealing in government contracts. Someone should have sounded the alarm.
Did anyone sound the alarm?