The committee's work sought to obtain the audio cassettes and find out whether the department had done all the cost-effectiveness analyses required by the Auditor General. Given that we are trying to determine whether the department did all the preliminary work and if it has honoured the commitments it made, we need to find out where it is at concerning the issue of contracts. This information would round out the information obtained during the summer, especially the testimony given by people from Treasury Board. We noted that these people had no idea how much money was saved thanks to these contracts.
As part of the studies we carried out, there was a follow-up concerning the Secure Channel file as well as other files. I referred earlier to other correspondence. There is a link with what will happen concerning the GENS contract, and I think that we need information or at least an analysis of the pros and cons relating to the use of this type of procurement method. This arises from the most recent study by the Auditor General on computer services.