Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for being with us, Mr. Rudolph.
I have a question for you.
It has recently come to light that the federal government is doing substantial business with private firms. McKinsey has been mentioned a lot, and there are others. Departments with extremely sensitive activities do business with these firms, including the Department of National Defence and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. We have learned that some of these firms, including McKinsey, had dealt extensively with companies controlled by the Chinese regime.
Do you think we should pay particular attention to this issue and that we should be very careful about the firms we do business with in Canada? Is it completely normal for the Department of National Defence to enter into very large contracts with firms that deal with the Chinese government?