Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
Mr. Mills, you started off by saying it is extraordinary that we would generally have here, if I may say so, the middle managers, not the top officials. That absolutely is extraordinary, but what's also extraordinary is that Canadians paid $54 million for the ArriveCAN app. What is even more extraordinary than that is the RCMP investigation we have now, which has allegations of forged résumés, identity theft, collusion and fraudulent contracting. That's really extraordinary.
What's also extraordinary, Mr. Mills, is that the government has a history of not listening to women, for letting the men speak for women. You can talk to Jane Philpott if you want to know about that. You can talk to Jody Wilson-Raybould about that. You could also talk to Celina Caesar-Chavannes. We originally invited these three women, understanding that they would be perfectly capable of responding for themselves.
Finally, Mr. Mills, if you don't mind my saying so, this committee actually has a history, unfortunately, of senior executives within the government not necessarily telling us the truth in this committee. Unfortunately, I think it's a result of their political masters, but that's certainly a deeper conversation.
With all of that, Mr. Mills, I do believe I, as well as my colleagues, will be communicating mostly with the three other individuals we have brought here today, whom we originally asked for today, and as such—