Mr. Chairman, the first comment I would make is that I am not able to shed any light on how the 32 projects were selected because there is no documentation in the Government of Canada to explain clearly how those projects were selected.
We don't have a mandate issue here, Mr. Chairman. We have a proper mandate to do all the work that we think is necessary. We were not impaired in any way as a result of our mandate.
As to the administration of the contracts, the contribution agreements, they were well administered by the Department of Infrastructure. They ensured that we got what we paid for.
There is the question of why did we pay for these particular items and did we get a good value for money? That brings you back to the selection of the projects in the first place and whether these were the right projects to select for funding. I'm not able to comment on whether these projects were properly selected because there's no documentation to so indicate, but I can say that Infrastructure Canada administered the contribution agreements for each of these projects in a prudent and responsible manner.