Mr. Paul Thompson at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On February 6th, 2023. See this statement in context.

February 6th, 2023 / 4:35 p.m.

Deputy Minister, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Thank you for the question.

In those cases, the use of the instrument was not related to an emergency, but to an intellectual property issue, as part of the benchmarking process. The instrument was used by other departments as well, including the Department of National Defence.

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