Aside from the outcomes that we might get in a market situation, there is an important component of legitimacy to a proper competitive process. I think my colleagues alluded to the fact that considerable damage has been done to the credibility of the procurement process and the confidence that Canadians have in that process.
I do think that perhaps too much of the blame is frequently assigned to the department, the armed forces and the civil servants. Not enough blame is accepted by the politicians who ultimately make the decisions, as well as the opposition that tries to score political points on procurement.