it's very clear in government policies that the contracting process should be open, fair, and transparent. We have quite serious reservations about how it was done for the Chinook. In response to Mr. Bachand's question, I will provide an explanation to the committee as to what our concerns are. Just one example is that the ACAN, the advance contract award notice, was issued in 2006, and yet it was three years before the actual requirements were really finally decided on, and they were completely different from what they were in 2006. So just on that basis alone, we are of the opinion that it was not a fair process and that industry members did not have adequate opportunity to present bids if they were able to supply and meet the requirements that National Defence set out.
On October 28th, 2010. See this statement in context.