Mr. Wright, as the accounting officer in charge of enforcing the rules in the department, since you did not disagree, you obviously agreed, because you didn't go to the minister, you didn't go to Treasury Board. And because it was a political document that was to be written, you certainly wouldn't go out and do a public tender and say “Okay, we'll take one NDP, one Liberal, one Bloc, and one Conservative and see who we're going to give the contract to”. It was a political decision, a political document that was to be written; therefore, communications capacity wasn't the only criterion in a public tender. Is that correct? Presumably, there were political considerations. The political mindset of the contractor would also have been part of the thinking in awarding the contract. Would that be correct?
On May 13th, 2008. See this statement in context.