I want to thank the member for her question, Mr. Chair.
First, I would say that the focus is on competitive rather than non‑competitive processes. Dominic Laporte, as assistant deputy minister, added processes to help minimize the use of non‑competitive processes for specialized processes, and to ensure that they're used only in exemption cases.
For example, if we have subscriptions such as software—specific software and whatnot—we would be really minimizing the use of these non-competitive instruments specifically for those.
We added rules on contract length, deadlines and amounts. In some cases, it may be necessary to add provisions for extending contracts, particularly when the project is uncertain. Lastly, we focus on competitive processes.
We are also putting more controls on the non-competitive contracts.