Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for being here with us today. I'd also like to thank you for your service and your dedication. Members of my family have served in the Canadian Forces and I know just how difficult it has been for them and their families.
Having been awarded contracts with Canada, McKinsey is closely involved in many of the Canadian government's most important decisions. That's also the case in other countries. When you were with Public Services and Procurement Canada, and in your time with National Defence, did you always feel that you had control over decisions, or did you feel pressure to adopt consultants' recommendations indiscriminately?