Thank you, Mr. Chair,.
Thank you to our witnesses for being here today.
Ms. Boudreau, I echo my colleagues' congratulations to you on your new appointment and wish you well.
The government made a commitment to implement a trust and transparency strategy and recently released an update in the “Manager's Guide”, with four key updates. The guide refers to “key considerations when procuring professional services”.
The first update is that managers should “monitor and document the delivery of services and ensure that obligations under the contract are met, including by subcontractors, prior to issuing of payment”. In plain language, this means that managers should make sure that work is completed before paying.
Was it a common practice to pay for work and to pay contractors without that work being completed?