Mr. Chair, I'd just like to clarify a bit. As Mr. Danagher said, it was a collaborative effort. I was brand-new to the procurement process in 2004. I did not have any technical expertise in relocations. I had to rely, as did the members of the interdepartmental committee, on that type of information. I was not aware that the volume was not accurate until the Auditor General raised that issue this past summer.
I see the flags that the Auditor General has pointed to. I did not consider, at that time, two questions out of 289 concerning the business volume for property management to be a significant indicator that the number may not have been accurate.
The other thing was that we had a bidders conference. All the potential bidders were there. We went through all the outstanding questions that had been received, and we did not get any comment at that conference about the business volumes for property management. So there was no indication to me at all, and I relied on our technical experts to use that volume. It was the same percentage that was used from 2002, which at that time was only about 18 months old.