Following on my colleague Ms. Vignola's question about the increase in the threshold that was made in 2022, when it was increased from $4 million to $10 million, I'm wondering what the rationale was. I assume there was a request from Global Affairs to increase the limit. What was the rationale for increasing the limit? Obviously it comes at the cost of reduced scrutiny, reduced accountability, reduced transparency and all of those things. What was the rationale that was provided for that quite significant increase in the threshold?
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