Evidence of meeting #66 for Public Accounts in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was rcmp.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Conservative
Conservative
John Williams Conservative Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
You were issuing these contracts to Consulting and Audit Canada in the amounts of $2.5 million, $3 million, and $4 million. You approved those contracts?
As an Individual
No. As Mr. Frizzell suggested here, they were signed off by the procurement people. They issued the contracts.
Conservative
Conservative
As an Individual
I don't know why I wouldn't have authority to say that was the type of work that needed to be done.
Conservative
John Williams Conservative Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
But Mr. Gauvin testified that you exceeded your contracting authority.
Mr. Frizzell, did you find that he exceeded his contracting authority?
Conservative
Conservative
John Williams Conservative Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
Okay.
You signed a contract. Yours was the first signature.
Conservative
John Williams Conservative Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
Okay.
Yours was the first signature on a contract authorization that totalled about $2.5 million. Do you accept that?
As an Individual
I accept that I was signing that this was the work to be done. From a financial perspective, I was not aware that I was signing anything--
Conservative
John Williams Conservative Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
Mr. Frizzell, was he approving the contract in that document I tabled earlier?
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Brian Fitzpatrick
Was the person who did the work named on that contract?
Conservative
John Williams Conservative Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
Let's just find out what Staff Sergeant Frizzell has to say.
Was he approving a contract for $2.5 million?
S/Sgt Mike Frizzell
The way the document was captioned, it appears he was approving the contract.
Conservative