Mr. Gauvin and I have actually had quite a conversation about the removal of contracting authority from Mr. Crupi. It's kind of like taking my driver's licence away so I can't go to Vancouver and then driving me to the airport. Mr. Crupi went to CAC, and everybody saw that he was getting contracts. Somebody from procurement still had an oversight role. Procurement still signed off on all the contracts. What was happening wasn't lost on anyone I spoke to from procurement. It was simply that nobody was doing anything about it.
On April 23rd, 2007. See this statement in context.