Minister, in the agreement there is a section called “Temporary Agreement on Enhanced Coverage”. That seems pretty clear. Temporary typically means less than permanent. For the record, I just want to have you confirm, and in fact you have confirmed to this committee, that there is no permanent access to local government procurement under this agreement, and that your throne speech in fact misleads Canadians.
My second question concerns the area of local contracts and the value of these local contracts. Did the negotiating team have an estimate of the aggregate value of these local U.S. contracts covered under the temporary agreement?