Again, I don't want to put myself in the shoes of the department, but based on the language that was used in their response, they believed that it was speculative and out of scope for the review, in the sense that the files we looked at wouldn't have dealt with those unintended consequences.
The report itself includes a response on a request for information. We also included the response from the department, which identifies a concern from a small or medium-sized business about what the consequence will be in terms of their ability to secure future contracts.
Then, simultaneously, we were hearing through other channels from small and medium-sized businesses about these same impacts. Rather than mute those voices, we thought it was incredibly important to have them represented in the report. The department disagreed, because they felt like it was too speculative to be included.
