It's kind of disappointing, Madam Chair, that we're here today and.... I mean, Deloitte has been provided with $182 million by the Government of Canada. It would have been beneficial for them to be here because, for one, I would like them to have been here to hear CBSA testimony. When we met in March, there seemed to be some discrepancy over the ownership of the portal.
On March 19, at this committee, my colleague Kyle Seeback asked you about it directly. He said, “So the Government of Canada is going to own this IT solution.”
Your response was that “we, too, have been investigating the question of what aspects of IT people own.” You further stated, “We have asked lawyers who are experts in IP to give us advice.”
Mr. Gallivan, would it not have been prudent on behalf of taxpayers to do that work before concluding a contractual relationship determining ownership before signing the contract?