This is the only case that we audited in the context of this report, but the committee will perhaps recall that, when we did an audit of public works contracts, we raised four cases in which the people hired on contract helped define the proposal criteria and then got the contract.
This is why we think that this problem is more widespread and that it exists in more than one department. We want to see the existing policies. Is there any training? Are people sensitized?
I get the impression that there are a lot of policies respecting conflict of interest among public servants, but that there aren't any respecting the people who get contracts with the government.