Thank you very much, Chair.
We now know that there is a widespread problem of government officials working as contractors and getting contracts from the Government of Canada. The most infamous case, of course, is the arrive scam app contractor. Dalian's founder was paid $9 million for the app and was also working at DND. In fact, he signed a contract with the government on the very first day he started working at DND.
Treasury Board submitted documents to this committee on all conflicts of interest from government officials working as contractors. It included information from Global Affairs. They claim that one official signed a contract and that there was no conflict, but in the audit, it was clearly stated that one contract was approved by an individual who benefited from that contract.
Is this not a direct conflict of interest?