The government initially refused to provide any details on this loss, stating that this information could not be divulged because of confidentiality agreements with the contractor. I think you referred to that a few times today.
Paragraph 22.3(h) of the Government of Canada's contract with Medicago, which was disclosed to this committee in June 2021, says, “Canada will be permitted to disclose Confidential Information of the Contractor for the purposes of government administration and operations, and in the exercise of Crown privileges. For greater clarity, this includes reporting to the Parliament of Canada”.
Can you outline why the Government of Canada did not believe that this provision would permit it to disclose the last $150 million to Parliament, when it explicitly says so?