Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We also see a disturbing pattern here. Unlike what was said, the minister did not take responsibility for it. As Mr. Christopherson said, it was shifted to his political staff and a staffer who has moved on but never had the opportunity to address the issues.
It's not whether or not he's made that request. It's incumbent on a committee of accountability, when blame for this type of error or when rule-breaking occurs, especially when it becomes quite clear it was being placed on one individual, to find out whether it was this one individual or were others involved. The same person was named in a similar and continuing pattern of contracts. It's disturbing to see a pattern of people with deep ties to the Conservative Party receiving contracts that are just below what the rules allow.
So it would be incumbent on us to find out what happened in this case, and perhaps that would prevent it from happening in the future.