Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'm not going to take much time. I wanted to correct—or not correct, but I wanted to give my impression with regard to the meeting of June 4, 2007.
You, Mr. Chairman, asked Mr. Crupi a question regarding contracts. His testimony was that his officers—and he was referring to me—signed every procurement contract.
You will recall that I told you we removed Mr. Crupi's signing authorities as a result of some of the things he wanted to do. As a result of that, he went to Public Works. Once he took that step, Public Works signed the contracts, not the RCMP. So when he actually went to Public Works, Public Works was signing the contracts.
Therefore, the answer that Mr. Crupi gave is misleading and incorrect. These contracts are Public Works contracts, and therefore were not signed by my officers.
That's it, sir.