The reason why there is not really a value in the minister meeting with the vendors is that the vendors are testing a solution with us that has already been designed and that they are selling to thousands of businesses across the country and also to government.
It's not about designing a tool. It's about testing the tool they have and seeing how the tool works, given the complexity of the Government of Canada. It's really an experiment, and meeting with the vendor at this point doesn't bring anything because we are not building something with them. We are testing their product.
When we have the conclusion of the tests, at that time, when it's time to move ahead and implement or not, maybe there will be value in having a minister of the Crown meet with the private sector on this, but at this time they have been selected through a competitive process. They are actually doing the work on time, on budget, with us, so there is no intervention that the minister can make on that file that will provide more information on the outcome of the testing phase.
I even told the vendor that I didn't see the value for them to meet with the minister until we have finished our work and we can report back on the results and the capacity of their tool to serve the Government of Canada well.