Good enough. I learned in this business early, always promote high. Especially when they're in uniform, call them all generals and if they're only a colonel, you're all right.
I want to read from the Auditor General's opening statement at the last meeting, point 4:
Government contracts should be awarded through a process that is fair, equitable, and transparent. We found that these contracts were not awarded through such a process, despite various warning signs. The request for proposal contained materially incorrect business volumes that gave an unfair advantage to the bidder who had the previous contract.
Secondly, you went on to say: “We have concluded for two reasons that the Canadian Forces and RCMP/Government of Canada contracts”--meaning the current ones--“were not tendered in a fair and equitable manner.”
And you make a comment in the main report on page 15 at the bottom, where it says:
Even though the government may incur additional costs as a result of terminating the 2002 contract for the Integrated Relocation Program, PWGSC acted appropriately to preserve the integrity of the government's procurement process.
My question is, in order to preserve the integrity of the government's procurement process, do you believe it's in order that this contract be retendered?