Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for their testimony.
I'll start with Ms. Restoule, since she's sitting here in front of us.
I think many people who might not pay attention to politics are now aware of what has been occurring over the past few years. We now know about the Randy Boissonnault incident and many others where indigenous identity was falsely claimed in order to achieve or potentially achieve access to contracts and government business.
Many of our witnesses in committee have confirmed—and I'm sure you feel the same way—that it's hurtful when indigenous identity is stolen and used in a way to benefit others.
Now we're hearing that the majority of the contracts awarded through the indigenous procurement program were not verified by ISC. We heard explosive testimony the other day that the department was made aware of potential fraud within its strategy and basically ignored it. Then we have one company after another with no ties to indigenous heritage and background getting awarded these contracts.
How do you think we arrived at this point?