I would like to continue in the same vein.
I have a question for Mr. Wright. Essentially, the secretary of the Treasury Board Secretariat just told us that there are four possible exemptions that could apply in the granting of a $100,000 contract. According to the legislation, Mr. Wright, you are the accounting officer, and if there is a disagreement with the minister in any particular case, you must ask for advice from the secretary of the Treasury Board Secretariat. You did not do this, from what I gather. Would this mean that you agreed with the minister as to the granting of this contract?
How could you justify, at $122,000... Was it an emergency? The contract was not under $24,000. You also stated that it could have been done by someone in-house. How can you explain that a contract such as this one, of a value exceeding $100,000, in fact worth $122,000, was granted without a call for tenders, despite the fact that in all probability, the act does not provide exemptions for this type of case?