Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to welcome the witnesses.
We seldom hear of such contradictory positions. I am thinking about what Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Laurin said, more specifically, and I am also thinking about what Ms. Healy said as compared to what Mr. Laurin said.
Mr. Laurin, you said that the negotiation strategy adopted by the government and by Minister Day had tried to bring things back to February 16, 2009, when the Buy American Act was adopted after the recovery plan. I find it curious that you seem to agree with this.
How can we go back to February 16, 2009, when two-thirds of the money has already been spent? Canadian companies can no longer make any bids. We cannot bring things back to February 16, 2009. However, you seem to be saying that we can. This seems rather contradictory to me.