In fact, as I understand it, and I believe it is correct, when there is a contribution agreement, a mandate letter for a particular contribution is first signed between Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, or ISED, and Sustainable Development Technology Canada, or SDTC. Then, at the second stage, an individual contract is signed with the company.
However, we're not asking for that last contract; we're only asking for the contribution agreement, which means there's no need to subject the redactions to the Access to Information Act. We are only asking for the mandate letter between ISED and SDTC.
Now, out of an abundance of caution, if there happened to be a specific company name in the mandate letters, we would propose that it be redacted. It would appear that these mandate letters do not include company names. The fact that we are not asking for contracts, but only for contribution agreements means that we do not need the Access to Information Act in this specific case.
Have I made myself clear?