In response to my colleague's question, today's report in The Globe and Mail is what's precipitated my query to the witnesses and this document production request. It's that the government said in this one example that ThinkOn Inc. was given $1.2 million. That's what the parliamentary secretary signed in response to an Order Paper question. CBSA did the analysis and said here's the list of contracts, including $1.2 million to this organization and the CEO of ThinkOn Inc. today said he got zero dollars.
It's important to see.... The government is saying one thing and a private company is saying, no, we don't know where that $1.2 million went, but we didn't get it. We are looking for a second document set to compare with what the government is offering. That's the rationale. It's transparency and I think it's important.