Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Moor, I have a question about the CBSA's involvement with Botler. Granted, this deals with a project other than ArriveCAN, but I think it raises some of the same concerns around the diligence of the agency to confirm that the work was actually completed.
In 2021 the company Dalian submitted invoices for work done by Botler and, specifically, those invoices included billing for time allegedly spent on the project by Ritika Dutt, one of the principals of Botler. At the time, Ms. Dutt was on medical leave. This was known to CBSA's border technologies innovation directorate, and yet they went ahead and paid the invoice to Dalian anyway. Why was that done given that they knew that Ms. Dutt couldn't possibly have done the work since she was on leave?