I thank the hon. member for the question.
At the end of 2019, I was shown a software demo. I saw that it had a lot of potential, but I didn't have the necessary authority to approve the pilot project. I therefore proposed to make a presentation to the vice-president of human resources and to the chair to see if there was any interest in such a project. It took place much later, in 2020. Once approval was obtained, we used an existing contract with Dalian Enterprises and Coradix Technology Consulting to begin work with Botler.
According to what I recently heard in testimony before the committee, Dalian Enterprises had a subcontract with GC Strategies. I wasn't aware of that at the time. Following that, and I don't know how it went, GC Strategies subcontracted with Botler.
Unfortunately, the way the information is shared, we only know which primary contractor these companies have contracted out to.